A history of Rome, to the establishment of the empire, 2. cilt

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Sayfa 114 - Politically he was able to render important services. All Greece south of Macedonia and Epirus was formed into a Roman Province under the name of Achaia. The old republican governments of the various communities were abolished, and the constitution of each assimilated to that of the municipal cities of Italy. Polybius was left in Greece to. settle these new constitutions, and to adjust them to the circumstances and wants of each place. His grateful countrymen raised a statue to his...
Sayfa 532 - ... by two names worthy of mention. But it must be admitted that these names take a place in the first ranks of Roman Literature.
Sayfa 544 - By these and many other works, — politic both because they increased the magnificence and the health of the capital, and also gave constant employment to workmen who might otherwise have been turbulent, — the Emperor Augustus was enabled to boast that he had " found Rome of brick, and left it of marble...
Sayfa 492 - Octavian had few direct enemies; but the boy-despot discerned with precocious sagacity those who were likely to impede his ambitious projects, and chose his victims with little hesitation. Lepidus would not be left behind in the bloody work. The author of the Philippics was one of Antony's first victims ; Octavian gave him up, and took as an equivalent for his late friend the life of L. Caesar, uncle of Antony. Lepidus surrendered his brother Paullus for some similar favour. So the work went on....
Sayfa 493 - But his faithful slaves forced him into a litter and carried him again toward the coast. Scarcely were they gone when a band of Antony's bloodhounds reached his villa, and were put upon the track of their victim by a young man who owed everything to the Ciceros. The old orator from his litter saw the pursuers coming up. His own followers were strong enough to have made resistance, but he desired them to set the litter down. Then, raising himself on his elbow, he calmly waited for the ruffians and...
Sayfa 183 - Senate, informed Gracchus of the speech of Nasica, and told him that his death was resolved upon. Then the friends of Gracchus girded up their gowns and armed themselves with staves, for the purpose of repelling force by force. In the midst of the uproar Gracchus raised his hand to his head. His enemies cried that he was asking for a crown. Exaggerated reports were carried into the Senate-house, and Nasica exclaimed, " The Consul is betraying the Republic : those who would save their country, follow...
Sayfa 480 - Caesar had collected to defray the expenses of his Parthian campaign, and persuaded Calpurnia to put into his hands all the Dictator's papers. Possessed of these securities, he barricaded his house on the CarinaB, and determined to watch the course of events.
Sayfa i - HISTORY OF ROME; from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire. By DEAN LIDDELL.
Sayfa 534 - Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas, Atque metus omnes, et inexorabile fatum Subjecit pedibus, strepitumque Acherontis avari.
Sayfa 252 - ... away to a band of 1000 desperate men commanded by one Satyrus, who at length surrendered to Aquillius, and were by him sent to Rome to serve as gladiators. The story of their end is very touching. Being brought out into the arena to fight with wild beasts, rather than make sport for their conquerors, they slew one another at the foot of the altars which stood there ; and Satyrus, being left alone, fell upon his own sword. It is manifest, from the humanity and discipline observed by these unhappy...

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