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... consul rescues his father from slavery Gauls and Ligurians at Zama Close of the second Punic War . • Operations against the Ligurians Disturbances among the Gauls raised by a Carthaginian named Hamilcar Operations against the Gauls ...
... consul rescues his father from slavery Gauls and Ligurians at Zama Close of the second Punic War . • Operations against the Ligurians Disturbances among the Gauls raised by a Carthaginian named Hamilcar Operations against the Gauls ...
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... consul with Caesar in B. C. 48 , the year of the battle of Pharsalia ) , but he hurried back to Rome on hearing of the death of Sulla ( B. c . 78 ) . In the following year he was himself captured by pirates off the island of Pharmacusa ...
... consul with Caesar in B. C. 48 , the year of the battle of Pharsalia ) , but he hurried back to Rome on hearing of the death of Sulla ( B. c . 78 ) . In the following year he was himself captured by pirates off the island of Pharmacusa ...
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... consul Poetelius Balbus led his Battle near army against Tibur . This brought up the Gauls to the assistance 1 To make Livy consistent with himself we ought to read ' septem ' for ' decem ' in vi . 42 , § 6 . the Colline Gate . Defeat ...
... consul Poetelius Balbus led his Battle near army against Tibur . This brought up the Gauls to the assistance 1 To make Livy consistent with himself we ought to read ' septem ' for ' decem ' in vi . 42 , § 6 . the Colline Gate . Defeat ...
Page 40
... consul , M. Popillius Laenas , had just been appointed in 350 , when it was announced that a large army of Gauls had pitched their camp in Latium . The illness of his patrician colleague , L. Scipio ( Liv . vii . 23 : App . iv . 2 ) ...
... consul , M. Popillius Laenas , had just been appointed in 350 , when it was announced that a large army of Gauls had pitched their camp in Latium . The illness of his patrician colleague , L. Scipio ( Liv . vii . 23 : App . iv . 2 ) ...
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... consul this year , and the Combat omen of his name prevented the Senate from appointing M. Valerius a dictator over him . He encamped in the ' Pomptinus ager , ' and a Gaul . thinking that the best way to deal with the Gauls was to ...
... consul this year , and the Combat omen of his name prevented the Senate from appointing M. Valerius a dictator over him . He encamped in the ' Pomptinus ager , ' and a Gaul . thinking that the best way to deal with the Gauls was to ...
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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.