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Side 7
... arms of Sylla and of Marius . But , if it were Caius Julius who deflowered Rome , if under him she forfeited her dowery of civic purity , if to him she first unloosed her maiden zone , then be it affirmed boldly that she reserved her ...
... arms of Sylla and of Marius . But , if it were Caius Julius who deflowered Rome , if under him she forfeited her dowery of civic purity , if to him she first unloosed her maiden zone , then be it affirmed boldly that she reserved her ...
Side 15
... arms of Sylla and of Marius . But , if it were Caius Julius who deflowered Rome , if under him she forfeited her dowery of civic purity , if to him she first unloosed her maiden zone , then be it affirmed boldly that she reserved her ...
... arms of Sylla and of Marius . But , if it were Caius Julius who deflowered Rome , if under him she forfeited her dowery of civic purity , if to him she first unloosed her maiden zone , then be it affirmed boldly that she reserved her ...
Side 25
... arms were stretched out to arrest some potentate in the heart of Asia , a poor slave is silently and stealthily creeping round the base of the Alps , with the purpose of winning his way as a murderer to the imperial bedchamber ; Cæsar ...
... arms were stretched out to arrest some potentate in the heart of Asia , a poor slave is silently and stealthily creeping round the base of the Alps , with the purpose of winning his way as a murderer to the imperial bedchamber ; Cæsar ...
Side 35
... arms against the state , it happened that his head- quarters were at some distance from the little river Rubicon , which formed the boundary of his province . With his usual caution , that no news of his motions might run before himself ...
... arms against the state , it happened that his head- quarters were at some distance from the little river Rubicon , which formed the boundary of his province . With his usual caution , that no news of his motions might run before himself ...
Side 36
... arms in his hands , since the further bank lay within the terri- tory of the Republic , ipso facto proclaimed any Roman a rebel and a traitor . No man , the firmest or the most obtuse , could be otherwise than deeply agitated , when ...
... arms in his hands , since the further bank lay within the terri- tory of the Republic , ipso facto proclaimed any Roman a rebel and a traitor . No man , the firmest or the most obtuse , could be otherwise than deeply agitated , when ...
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Alexander Alexander Severus amongst ancient anecdotes army assassination Augustus Aurelian barbarians body Cæsar Caligula Caracalla Carus Cassius character Christian Cicero circumstances civic civil Commodus condition death Decius declension defeated Dioclesian discipline doubt doubtless effect Emilianus enemy express eyes fact father favor fear frontier Galerius Gallienus Gaul Goths grandeur habits Hadrian hand happened historians honors human nature imperial instance interest Julius Julius Cæsar king legions less luxury Macrinus Marcus Aurelius Maximin means memorable mighty military mode monarchy moral mother murder necessity Nero never NOTE notice Numerian occasion original palace party perhaps Persian Philip the Arab philosopher popular prætorian prince Probus prosperity provinces purpose rank reason reign remarkable republic republican revolution rival Roman emperor Roman empire Rome sacred seems senate sense Severus soldier spirit succession Suetonius supposed Sylla thousand throne tion troops true vast victory whilst whole writer
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Side 242 - Great princes' favourites their fair leaves spread But as the marigold at the sun's eye; And in themselves their pride lies buried, For at a frown they in their glory die. The painful warrior famoused for fight, After a thousand victories once foil'd, Is from the book of honour razed quite, And all the rest forgot for which he toil'd.
Side 19 - Czesarean (so to speak) in their tone of moral feeling. Thus, for example, the night before he was assassinated, he dreamt at intervals that he was soarIng above the clouds on wings, and that he placed his hand within the right hand of Jove.
Side 54 - Men like Mark Antony, with minds of chaotic composition — light conflicting with darkness, proportions of colossal grandeur disfigured by unsymmetrical arrangement, the angelic in close neighborhood with the brutal — are first read in their true meaning by an age learned in the philosophy of the human heart.