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Page vii
... arise again with the same combination of intellectual ability and command of material resources . The Emperor and his coadjutors have carried their researches in this t department up to the limits of human possibility — and.
... arise again with the same combination of intellectual ability and command of material resources . The Emperor and his coadjutors have carried their researches in this t department up to the limits of human possibility — and.
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... command against the robber tribes in his province , and acquitted himself with sufficient credit to be saluted by his soldiers as Imperator , so that we have letters extant from Caesar Imperator to Cicero Imperator . Caesar himself was ...
... command against the robber tribes in his province , and acquitted himself with sufficient credit to be saluted by his soldiers as Imperator , so that we have letters extant from Caesar Imperator to Cicero Imperator . Caesar himself was ...
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... command of a Roman legion . Scipio , wishing to strengthen his position , drew his forces up a hill , but found the summit in possession of the foe , and was cut to pieces with all his men . The news of the disaster was brought to the ...
... command of a Roman legion . Scipio , wishing to strengthen his position , drew his forces up a hill , but found the summit in possession of the foe , and was cut to pieces with all his men . The news of the disaster was brought to the ...
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... . Shortly afterwards the two praetors were superseded in their command by the consul , P. Cornelius Scipio , who arrived at Placentia just in time to prevent the Gauls in the 48 CAESAR'S GALLIC WAR Revolt of the Boii and Insubres.
... . Shortly afterwards the two praetors were superseded in their command by the consul , P. Cornelius Scipio , who arrived at Placentia just in time to prevent the Gauls in the 48 CAESAR'S GALLIC WAR Revolt of the Boii and Insubres.
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... command against Mago ( Liv . xxix . 13 , § 4 ) , but it was not until the following year , when M. Cornelius , the outgoing consul , and P. Quinctilius Varus , the praetor of Ariminum , were in command in Gaul ( Liv . xxx . 1 , §§ 7 , 9 ) ...
... command against Mago ( Liv . xxix . 13 , § 4 ) , but it was not until the following year , when M. Cornelius , the outgoing consul , and P. Quinctilius Varus , the praetor of Ariminum , were in command in Gaul ( Liv . xxx . 1 , §§ 7 , 9 ) ...
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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.