A History of RomeH. Holt, 1923 - 613 sayfa |
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Sayfa 185 - Again the Roman customs and principles regarding money transactions are better than those of the Carthaginians. In the view of the latter nothing is disgraceful that makes for gain; with the former nothing is more disgraceful than to receive bribes and to make profit by improper means. For they regard wealth obtained from unlawful transactions to be as much a subject of reproach, as a fair profit from the most unquestioned source is of commendation. A proof of the fact is this. The Carthaginians...
Sayfa 185 - ... were not acting without purpose or at random when they brought in among the vulgar those opinions about the gods and the belief in the punishments in Hades; much rather do I think that men nowadays are acting rashly and foolishly in rejecting them. This is the reason why, apart from anything else, Greek statesmen, if entrusted with a single talent, though protected by ten checking-clerks, as many seals, and twice as many witnesses, yet cannot be induced to keep faith...
Sayfa 184 - ... axes, and all the other customary insignia of the particular offices, lead the way, according to the dignity of the rank in the state enjoyed by the deceased in his lifetime; and on arriving at the Rostra they all take their seats on ivory chairs in their order. There could not easily be a more inspiring spectacle than this for a young man of noble ambitions and virtuous aspirations. For can we conceive any one to be unmoved at the sight of all the likenesses collected together of the men who...
Sayfa 185 - Greek statesmen, if entrusted with a single talent, though protected by ten checkingclerks, as many seals, and twice as many witnesses, yet cannot be induced to keep faith: whereas among the Romans, in their magistracies and embassies, men have the handling of a great amount of money, and yet from pure respect to their oath keep their faith intact. And, again, in other nations it is a rare thing to find a man who keeps his hands out of the public purse, and is entirely pure in such matters: but among...
Sayfa 185 - ... nothing is disgraceful that makes for gain; with the former nothing is more disgraceful than to receive bribes and to make profit by improper means. For they regard wealth obtained from unlawful transactions to be as much a subject of reproach, as a fair profit from the most unquestioned source is of commendation. A proof of the fact is this. The Carthaginians obtain office by open bribery, but among the Romans the penalty for it is death. With such a radical difference, therefore, between the...
Sayfa 25 - Neither the Romans nor their allies are to sail beyond the Fair Promontory, unless driven by stress of weather or the fear of enemies. If any one of them be driven ashore...
Sayfa 477 - ANIMULA ! vagula, Blandula, Hospes, comesque corporis, Quae nunc abibis in Loca — Pallidula, rigida, nudula, Nee, ut soles, dabis Jocos ? TRANSLATION.
Sayfa 184 - ... their sympathies are so deeply moved, that the loss appears not to be confined to the actual mourners, but to be a public one affecting the whole people. After the burial and all the usual ceremonies have been performed, they place the likeness of the deceased in the most conspicuous spot in his house, surmounted by a wooden canopy or shrine. This likeness consists of a mask made to represent the deceased with extraordinary fidelity both in shape and colour.
Sayfa 183 - Whenever one of their famous men dies, in the course of his funeral, the body with all its paraphernalia is carried into the Forum to the Rostra, as a raised platform there is called, and sometimes is propped upright upon it so as to be conspicuous, or more rarely is laid upon it. Then -with all the people standing...
Sayfa 560 - ... various versions of the early constitutional development of Rome which have come down to us. Chapter XXXII., which is devoted to a discussion of the causes of the decline of Rome, is particularly interesting. While admitting that we cannot attain finality on this point because we do not know the " invariable laws of cause and effect in any field where the human mind operates ", the author nevertheless ventures to set forth those causes which seem to him to have the greatest probability. As the...