A History of the World from the Earliest Records to the Present Time: From the triumvirate of Tiberius Gracchus to the fall of the Roman empireWalton and Maberly, 1864 |
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... secure from interference , it was that of the tribunes , the sacredness of whose persons was of less value than the inviolability of their office as the protectors , and not the servants , of the people . The vote which deposed Octavius ...
... secure from interference , it was that of the tribunes , the sacredness of whose persons was of less value than the inviolability of their office as the protectors , and not the servants , of the people . The vote which deposed Octavius ...
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... secure his acquittal ( B.c. 120 ) . Not so , however , in the case of C. Papirius Carbo , the former associate of Gracchus , and the consul for the present year , who came for- ward to defend Opimius . His justification of the murder of ...
... secure his acquittal ( B.c. 120 ) . Not so , however , in the case of C. Papirius Carbo , the former associate of Gracchus , and the consul for the present year , who came for- ward to defend Opimius . His justification of the murder of ...
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... secure against famine and the enemy . But the place does not seem to have been provisioned for a long siege ; On the locality of this battle , see Long , Decline & c . , vol . i . p . 390 . and in the fifth month Adherbal persuaded two ...
... secure against famine and the enemy . But the place does not seem to have been provisioned for a long siege ; On the locality of this battle , see Long , Decline & c . , vol . i . p . 390 . and in the fifth month Adherbal persuaded two ...
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... secure their re - election caused the repeated postpone- ment of the Comitia , an interruption of constitutional order which henceforth frequently recurs . In this delay Aulus thought he saw an opportunity for signal- ising his ...
... secure their re - election caused the repeated postpone- ment of the Comitia , an interruption of constitutional order which henceforth frequently recurs . In this delay Aulus thought he saw an opportunity for signal- ising his ...
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... secure by a garrison which Metellus sent to the friendly port of Leptis Magna ; while Jugurtha , so fearful of treachery that he dared not trust himself for more than a single night in any city , fled westward into the country of the ...
... secure by a garrison which Metellus sent to the friendly port of Leptis Magna ; while Jugurtha , so fearful of treachery that he dared not trust himself for more than a single night in any city , fled westward into the country of the ...
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Agrippa amidst ancient Antiochus Antony Armenia army Asia Augustus Aurelius barbarians battle Bocchus Brutus Cæsar Caius Caligula called camp campaign Cassius cavalry character chief Christian Cicero Cimbri citizens civil Claudius Cleopatra command Commodus Constantine consul consulship Crassus Danube defeat Diocletian Domitian Drusus East Egypt emperor empire enemy fate father favour force formed Galerius Gaul gave German Germanicus Gracchus Greek Herod historian honour imperial Italian Italy Jerusalem Jewish Jews Judæa Jugurtha Julius Cæsar king land legions Lucullus Marius Maximian Meanwhile Merivale Metellus military Mithridates murder Nero nobles Numidia Octavian Parthian party Pompey popular prætor prætorian prince province put to death reign Republic restored returned to Rome Rhine Roman Rome Scipio seems Sejanus Senate sent Severus slaves soldiers Spain success Sulla Syria Tacitus temple Tiberius tion Titus Trajan tribes tribune triumph triumvirs troops Vespasian victory whole
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Página 167 - All crimes shall cease, and ancient fraud shall fail ; Returning Justice lift aloft her scale ; Peace o'er the world her olive wand extend, And white-robed Innocence from heaven descend.
Página 368 - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people...
Página 97 - Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Página 155 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse : was this ambition?
Página 155 - His legs bestrid the ocean ; his rear'd arm Crested the world ; his voice was propertied As all the tuned spheres, and that to friends ; But when he meant to quail and shake the orb, He was as rattling thunder.
Página 318 - Gibbon declares, in a memorable passage, that " if a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would without hesitation name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Página 318 - Such princes deserved the honour of restoring the republic, had the Romans of their days been capable of enjoying a rational freedom.
Página 352 - But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
Página 351 - I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts : according to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. For thus saith the Lord of hosts ; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come : and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.
Página 35 - Pour'd never from her frozen loins, to pass Rhene or the Danaw, when her barbarous sons Came like a deluge on the south, and spread Beneath Gibraltar to the Libyan sands.