A History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire, Volume 2 |
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Page 114 - Politically he was able to render important services. All Greece south of Macedonia and Epirus was formed into a Roman Province under the name of Achaia. The old republican governments of the various communities were abolished, and the constitution of each assimilated to that of the municipal cities of Italy. Polybius was left in Greece to. settle these new constitutions, and to adjust them to the circumstances and wants of each place. His grateful countrymen raised a statue to his...
Page 540 - Conamur, tenues grandia, dum pudor Imbellisque lyrae Musa potens vetat Laudes egregii Caesaris et tuas Culpa deterere ingeni.
Page 532 - ... by two names worthy of mention. But it must be admitted that these names take a place in the first ranks of Roman Literature.
Page 492 - Octavian had few direct enemies; but the boy-despot discerned with precocious sagacity those who were likely to impede his ambitious projects, and chose his victims with little hesitation. Lepidus would not be left behind in the bloody work. The author of the Philippics was one of Antony's first victims ; Octavian gave him up, and took as an equivalent for his late friend the life of L. Caesar, uncle of Antony. Lepidus surrendered his brother Paullus for some similar favour. So the work went on....
Page 167 - Mox trahitur manibus regum fortuna retortis, Esseda festinant, pilenta, petorrita, naves, Captivum portatur ebur, captiva Corinthus.
Page 480 - Caesar had collected to defray the expenses of his Parthian campaign, and persuaded Calpurnia to put into his hands all the Dictator's papers. Possessed of these securities, he barricaded his house on the CarinaB, and determined to watch the course of events.
Page 493 - The old orator from his litter saw the pursuers coming up. His own followers were strong enough to have made resistance, but he desired them to set the litter down. Then, raising himself on his elbow, he calmly waited for the ruffians and offered his neck to the sword. He was soon despatched. The chief of the band, by Antony's express orders, hewed off the head and hands and carried them to Rome. Fulvia, the widow of Clodius and now the wife of Antony, drove her hairpin through the tongue which had...
Page 129 - Citadel, on condition of their lives being spared. Scipio consented for all, except Roman deserters ; and 50,000 men defiled out of the gates of Bosra as prisoners of war. Then Hasdrubal and his family, with 900 deserters and other desperadoes, retired into the Temple of Esculapius, as if to make a brave defence. But the commandant's heart failed him ; and, slipping out alone, he threw himself at the feet of Scipio, and craved for pardon. His wife, standing on the base of the temple, was near enough...
Page 544 - ... give that combination of stability and magnitude which distinguishes all her works, achieved its greatest triumph: and here was seen the first of those great vaulted domes which became the distinctive attribute of the Christian Architecture of modern Italy. By these and many other works...
Page 183 - Senate, informed Gracchus of the speech of Nasica, and told him that his death was resolved upon. Then the friends of Gracchus girded up their gowns and armed themselves with staves, for the purpose of repelling force by force. In the midst of the uproar Gracchus raised his hand to his head. His enemies cried that he was asking for a crown. Exaggerated reports were carried into the Senate-house, and Nasica exclaimed, " The Consul is betraying the Republic : those who would save their country, follow...