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... passage into Italy 34 Destruction of Rome by the Senones 34 • Camillus Combat between T. Manlius Torquatus and a Gaul Battle near the Colline Gate Defeat of the Boii by C. Sulpicius 36 38 39 39 40 Repulse of the Gauls by M. Popillius ...
... passage into Italy 34 Destruction of Rome by the Senones 34 • Camillus Combat between T. Manlius Torquatus and a Gaul Battle near the Colline Gate Defeat of the Boii by C. Sulpicius 36 38 39 39 40 Repulse of the Gauls by M. Popillius ...
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... passage of history , since it revealed the weakness of the Persian Empire , and pointed the way to the conquests of Alexander , yet in direct importance it is by no means to be compared with the conquest of Gaul . Moreover , the ...
... passage of history , since it revealed the weakness of the Persian Empire , and pointed the way to the conquests of Alexander , yet in direct importance it is by no means to be compared with the conquest of Gaul . Moreover , the ...
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... passage of the Rhine , and the first invasion of Britain , xl . 1-11 , the second invasion of Britain , the destruction of Cotta and Sabinus , the defence of his camp by Quintus Cicero , and the success of Labienus against the Treviri ...
... passage of the Rhine , and the first invasion of Britain , xl . 1-11 , the second invasion of Britain , the destruction of Cotta and Sabinus , the defence of his camp by Quintus Cicero , and the success of Labienus against the Treviri ...
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... passage ( iii . 6 , § 49 ) to be referring to the triumph of Claudius over Britain ( see Suet . Claud . 17 ) as an event which was just about to take place . If this be so , it would fix the date of composition as A. D. 44 ; but his ...
... passage ( iii . 6 , § 49 ) to be referring to the triumph of Claudius over Britain ( see Suet . Claud . 17 ) as an event which was just about to take place . If this be so , it would fix the date of composition as A. D. 44 ; but his ...
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... passage in the first book must therefore have been inserted after the one in the seventh was written . tion . The conclusion just indicated would seem to point to some Manner of revision of the work before publication . But on the whole ...
... passage in the first book must therefore have been inserted after the one in the seventh was written . tion . The conclusion just indicated would seem to point to some Manner of revision of the work before publication . But on the whole ...
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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.