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... taken by their legions . So closely indeed does Plutarch con- ✓ fine himself to the one main thread of his narrative , that he says nothing of the expedition of Otho's fleet and the resulting campaign in Gallia Narbonensis described by ...
... taken by their legions . So closely indeed does Plutarch con- ✓ fine himself to the one main thread of his narrative , that he says nothing of the expedition of Otho's fleet and the resulting campaign in Gallia Narbonensis described by ...
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... taken to the senate and Roman people ( lines 12-17 ) are similarly described in Tacitus ( i . 55 ) . The mention of Vitellius 25 πατρὸς τιμητοῦ καὶ τρὶς ὑπάτου ( line 27 ) is paralleled in Tac . i . 52 ad fin . The bringing of the news ...
... taken to the senate and Roman people ( lines 12-17 ) are similarly described in Tacitus ( i . 55 ) . The mention of Vitellius 25 πατρὸς τιμητοῦ καὶ τρὶς ὑπάτου ( line 27 ) is paralleled in Tac . i . 52 ad fin . The bringing of the news ...
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... taken by Helvidius Priscus in burying the body of Galba ( G. 28 ad fin . ) . 38. He alone mentions the request of Tigellinus that he might have time given him to shave his beard ( 0. 2 , 17 ) . 39. He mentions , while Tacitus omits ...
... taken by Helvidius Priscus in burying the body of Galba ( G. 28 ad fin . ) . 38. He alone mentions the request of Tigellinus that he might have time given him to shave his beard ( 0. 2 , 17 ) . 39. He mentions , while Tacitus omits ...
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... taken from predecessors fear of any charge of plagiarism . In fact the literary usually without acknowledgment , and clearly without value of a history according to ancient standards consisted much more in the mode of representation ...
... taken from predecessors fear of any charge of plagiarism . In fact the literary usually without acknowledgment , and clearly without value of a history according to ancient standards consisted much more in the mode of representation ...
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... taken up his predecessor , exactly at the point where he left off , as Pliny seems to have begun " a fine Aufidii Bassi , " or as Marius Maximus seems to have done with Suetonius . In other cases he would for the sake of beginning with ...
... taken up his predecessor , exactly at the point where he left off , as Pliny seems to have begun " a fine Aufidii Bassi , " or as Marius Maximus seems to have done with Suetonius . In other cases he would for the sake of beginning with ...
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