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A. S. WALPOLE according Ancus Ancus Marcius Apulia army Arretium atis augur B.C. De Rep back battle Beginners Book called case Cincinnatus citizens city CLAUDIUS command comp Compare conj consul country death Decius defeated dictator Edited by Rev elected Epirus esset Etruria Exercises family famous father fight first Flaminius Gaius general given good grandson great Hannibal honour impf inis irreg Italy itum Iunius last Latium Line made make Mancinus Manius Curius Manlius means missum name neut never Notes Numa Pompilius Numantia oath ōnis oratio obliqua order ōris peace people place plebeians Postumius prep pron Publicola Pyrrhus Regulus Romans Rome Romulus same second see note Senate sent Servius Tullius sine soldiers Spurius story subj subst superl supply take taken Tarentum Tarquinius Tiber time took translate Tullus Tullus Hostilius used Valerius Vocabulary year years
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Page 34 - And, as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
Page 23 - Coelius, eo tempore ipso, cum hoc calamitosum proelium fieret, tantos terrae motus in Liguribus, Gallia compluribusque insulis totaque in Italia factos esse, ut multa oppida conruerint, multis locis labes factae sint terraeque desederint fluminaque in contrarias partes fluxerint atque in amnes mare influxerit.
Page 31 - It is, so to speak, a blank cheque, to be filled up from the context to the requisite amount of meaning.
Page 25 - ... 36 Ac belli quidem aequitas sanctissime fetiali populi Romani iure perscripta est. Ex quo intellegi potest nullum bellum esse iustum, nisi quod aut rebus repetitis geratur aut denuntiatum ante sit et indictum.
Page 2 - Qui potuit igitur divinius et utilitates complecti maritimas Romulus et vitia vitare, quam quod urbem perennis amnis et aequabilis et in mare late influentis posuit in ripa, quo posset urbs et accipere ex mari quo egeret, et reddere quo redundaret? eodemque ut flumine res ad victum cultumque maxime...
Page 13 - Veseris, the consuls saw a vision that the general on one side and the army on the other must fall.
Page 25 - Sed cum amore pugnandi in exercitu remansisset, Cato ad Popilium scripsit, ut, si eum pateretur in exercitu remanere, secundo eum obligaret militiae sacramento, quia, priore amisso, iure cum hostibus pugnare non poterat.
Page 3 - Ac primum agros, quos bello Romulus ceperat, divisit viritim civibus docuitque sine depopulatione atque praeda posse eos colendis agris abundare commodis omnibus amoremque eis otii et pacis iniecit, quibus facillime iustitia et fides convalescit, et quorum patrocinio maxime cultus agrorum perceptioque frugum defenditur.