A Manual of Ancient History, Volume 3Van Antwerp, Bragg & Company, 1872 - 132 pages |
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... imperial city . 126. The lowest age for military service was fixed at seventeen years , and the cost of the soldier's equipment , which formerly had been deducted from his wages , was now defrayed by the government . Having thus won the ...
... imperial city . 126. The lowest age for military service was fixed at seventeen years , and the cost of the soldier's equipment , which formerly had been deducted from his wages , was now defrayed by the government . Having thus won the ...
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... imperial city was adorned with temples , porticos , and other new and magnificent buildings . Augustus could truly boast that he " found Rome of brick and left it of marble . " A more lasting glory sur- rounds his name from the literary ...
... imperial city was adorned with temples , porticos , and other new and magnificent buildings . Augustus could truly boast that he " found Rome of brick and left it of marble . " A more lasting glory sur- rounds his name from the literary ...
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... imperial family ; but , at length , he perceived his master's suspicion directed toward him , and prepared to anticipate the blow by assassinating Tiberius himself . His plot was discovered , and he was suddenly seized and executed ...
... imperial family ; but , at length , he perceived his master's suspicion directed toward him , and prepared to anticipate the blow by assassinating Tiberius himself . His plot was discovered , and he was suddenly seized and executed ...
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... imperial crown at public auction , and sold it to Did'ius Julia'nus , a wealthy senator , for $ 15,000,000 . The Senate acknowledged him , and he reigned more than two months at Rome . But the armies in Britain , Pannonia , and Syria ...
... imperial crown at public auction , and sold it to Did'ius Julia'nus , a wealthy senator , for $ 15,000,000 . The Senate acknowledged him , and he reigned more than two months at Rome . But the armies in Britain , Pannonia , and Syria ...
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... imperial act of Severus was to disarm the prætorians , and to banish them to a distance of 100 miles from the capital . He defeated his two rivals , the one at Cyzicus and Issus , and the other near Lyons ( Lugdu'num ) , in Gaul ; and ...
... imperial act of Severus was to disarm the prætorians , and to banish them to a distance of 100 miles from the capital . He defeated his two rivals , the one at Cyzicus and Issus , and the other near Lyons ( Lugdu'num ) , in Gaul ; and ...
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