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... officer who had merely executed a manœuvre which had been planned by himself . Whenever Labienus is Ethnogra- phical and geographi- acting at a distance from his THE COMMENTARIES 7 Velleius Paterculus 77778 Florus Livy Veracity of Caesar.
... officer who had merely executed a manœuvre which had been planned by himself . Whenever Labienus is Ethnogra- phical and geographi- acting at a distance from his THE COMMENTARIES 7 Velleius Paterculus 77778 Florus Livy Veracity of Caesar.
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... officers who acted under him . In the matter of the Usipetes and Tencteri Caesar has not mis - stated or concealed the facts . What he has done is to seek to palliate his own conduct by attributing a treacherous motive to his ...
... officers who acted under him . In the matter of the Usipetes and Tencteri Caesar has not mis - stated or concealed the facts . What he has done is to seek to palliate his own conduct by attributing a treacherous motive to his ...
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... officers before the engagement with Ariovistus ( B. G. i . 40 ) ; nevertheless he thinks proper to put into his mouth an interminable harangue ( xxxviii . 36–46 ) which , with its review of the wars of Rome and its imitations of ...
... officers before the engagement with Ariovistus ( B. G. i . 40 ) ; nevertheless he thinks proper to put into his mouth an interminable harangue ( xxxviii . 36–46 ) which , with its review of the wars of Rome and its imitations of ...
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... officers who were sent to get corn , in the hope of thereby recovering their own hostages ( iii . 7 , § 3 ) . 800 German cavalry had dispersed 5,000 of Caesar's while negotiations were going When the leaders of the Usipetes and Tencteri ...
... officers who were sent to get corn , in the hope of thereby recovering their own hostages ( iii . 7 , § 3 ) . 800 German cavalry had dispersed 5,000 of Caesar's while negotiations were going When the leaders of the Usipetes and Tencteri ...
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... officer named Hamilcar , a relict of the army of Hasdrubal or Mago , managed to rally the Gauls and Ligurians round his standard , just when the Romans were devoting their chief attention to King Philip , and expecting nothing less than ...
... officer named Hamilcar , a relict of the army of Hasdrubal or Mago , managed to rally the Gauls and Ligurians round his standard , just when the Romans were devoting their chief attention to King Philip , and expecting nothing less than ...
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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.