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... Helvetii Defeat and murder of Scaurus Great disaster to the Romans under Caepio and Manlius The Teutoni destroyed by Marius The Cimbri destroyed by Marius and Catulus Peace in Gaul . C. Valerius Flaccus L. Valerius Praeconinus and ...
... Helvetii Defeat and murder of Scaurus Great disaster to the Romans under Caepio and Manlius The Teutoni destroyed by Marius The Cimbri destroyed by Marius and Catulus Peace in Gaul . C. Valerius Flaccus L. Valerius Praeconinus and ...
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... Helvetii who attempted to escape after their surrender he had brought back , and , to use his own curt phrase , ' in hostium numero habuit . ' Nothing more is said - for after that there was nothing more to say of them . The rest of the ...
... Helvetii who attempted to escape after their surrender he had brought back , and , to use his own curt phrase , ' in hostium numero habuit . ' Nothing more is said - for after that there was nothing more to say of them . The rest of the ...
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... Helvetii are Slaughter described by Posidonius ( Str . vii . 2 , § 2 ) as a rich and peaceful tribe . But when they saw that the wealth which the invaders army by the Helvetii . had acquired by plunder was greater than their own , they ...
... Helvetii are Slaughter described by Posidonius ( Str . vii . 2 , § 2 ) as a rich and peaceful tribe . But when they saw that the wealth which the invaders army by the Helvetii . had acquired by plunder was greater than their own , they ...
Page 83
... Helvetii in the year 60 , as Ariovistus is made to speak of it as sub- to leave sequent to the war with the Allobroges ( i . 44 , § 9 ) . It was their in the preceding year ( B. c . 61 ) that the Helvetii formed the country . design of ...
... Helvetii in the year 60 , as Ariovistus is made to speak of it as sub- to leave sequent to the war with the Allobroges ( i . 44 , § 9 ) . It was their in the preceding year ( B. c . 61 ) that the Helvetii formed the country . design of ...
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... Helvetii . The ambassadors chosen were Q. Metellus Creticus ( the consul of 69 ) , L. Flaccus , and Lentulus , the son of Clodianus . Cicero adds with pride that his own lot` had fallen out first among the ex - consuls , but that the ...
... Helvetii . The ambassadors chosen were Q. Metellus Creticus ( the consul of 69 ) , L. Flaccus , and Lentulus , the son of Clodianus . Cicero adds with pride that his own lot` had fallen out first among the ex - consuls , but that the ...
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Page 218 - Alterum genus est equitum. Hi, cum est usus atque aliquod bellum incidit, quod fere ante Caesaris adventum quotannis accidere solebat, uti aut ipsi injurias inferrent aut illatas propulsarent, omnes in bello versantur, atque eorum ut quisque est genere copiisque amplissimus, ita plurimos circum se ambactos clientesque habet.
Page 221 - Deorum numero eos solos ducunt, quos cernunt et quorum aperte opibus iuvantur, Solem et Vulcanum et Lunam, reliquos ne fama quidem acceperunt.
Page 182 - ... cinctamque gerit serpentibus Hydram : Collis Aventini silva quem Rhea sacerdos Furtivum partu sub luminis edidit oras, 660 Mixta deo mulier, postquam Laurentia victor Geryone exstincto Tirynthius attigit arva, Tyrrhenoque boves in flumine lavit Iberas.
Page 217 - In primis hoc volunt persuadere, non interire animas, sed ab aliis post mortem transire ad alios, atque hoc maxime ad virtutem excitari putant metu mortis neglecto.
Page 222 - Agriculturae non student ; majorque pars eorum victus in lacte, caseo, carne consistit ; neque quisquam agri modum certum aut fines habet proprios ; sed magistratus ac principes in annos singulos gentibus cognationibusque hominum qui una coierunt, quantum et quo loco visum est agri attribuunt atque anno post alio transire cogunt.
Page 172 - Omnes vero se Britanni vitro inficiunt, quod caeruleum efficit colorem, atque hoc horridiores sunt in pugna aspectu; capilloque sunt promisso atque omni parte corporis rasa praeter caput et labrum superius.