A Manual of Ancient History, Volume 3Van Antwerp, Bragg & Company, 1872 - 132 pages |
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... less than a dozen roads , which are among the wonders of modern en- gineering . In early times they formed a usually effectual barrier against the barbarous nations on the north and west . The Apennines leave the Alpine range near the ...
... less than a dozen roads , which are among the wonders of modern en- gineering . In early times they formed a usually effectual barrier against the barbarous nations on the north and west . The Apennines leave the Alpine range near the ...
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... less than Romulus as the author of its civil and military institutions . The wisdom and piety of his laws were attributed to the nymph Ege'ria , who met him by a fountain in a grove , and dictated to him the principles of good ...
... less than Romulus as the author of its civil and military institutions . The wisdom and piety of his laws were attributed to the nymph Ege'ria , who met him by a fountain in a grove , and dictated to him the principles of good ...
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... less beautiful and varied in its con- ceptions than that of the Greeks . * It afforded but little inspiration to ' poetry or art , but it kept alive the homely household virtues , and regu- * At a later period , when the Romans had ...
... less beautiful and varied in its con- ceptions than that of the Greeks . * It afforded but little inspiration to ' poetry or art , but it kept alive the homely household virtues , and regu- * At a later period , when the Romans had ...
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... less imaginative and more practical than the Greek . Jupiter , Mars , and Quirinus its chief divinities . Yearly festivals had reference chiefly to war and husbandry . Worship of Janus . Household gods . The Romans shared their belief ...
... less imaginative and more practical than the Greek . Jupiter , Mars , and Quirinus its chief divinities . Yearly festivals had reference chiefly to war and husbandry . Worship of Janus . Household gods . The Romans shared their belief ...
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... less than that of regal Rome . The Latins threw off their supremacy , and Lars Por'sena , the Etruscan king of Clu'sium , actually conquered the city , and received from the Senate an ivory throne , a golden crown , a scepter , and ...
... less than that of regal Rome . The Latins threw off their supremacy , and Lars Por'sena , the Etruscan king of Clu'sium , actually conquered the city , and received from the Senate an ivory throne , a golden crown , a scepter , and ...
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