The Works of Cornelius Tacitus: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Notes, Supplements, &c, 3. ciltJ. Stockdale, 1811 |
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Sayfa 120 - This day, my fellow-warriors, this very day, decides the fate of Britain. The era of liberty, or eternal bondage, begins from this hour. Remember your brave and warlike ancestors, who met Julius Caesar in open combat, and chased him from the coast of Britain. They were the men who freed their country from a foreign yoke ; who delivered the land from taxations, imposed at the will of a master; who banished from your sight the fasces and the Roman axes ; and, above all, who rescued your wives and daughters...
Sayfa 348 - Roman legion presented a close embodied line. The narrow defile gave them the shelter of a rampart. The Britons advanced with ferocity, and discharged their darts at random. In that instant, the Romans rushed forward in the form of a wedge. The auxiliaries followed with equal ardour. The cavalry, at the same time, bore down upon the enemy, and, with their pikes, overpowered all who dared to make a stand. The Britons betook themselves to flight, but their waggons in the rear obstructed their passage....
Sayfa 343 - ... and commerce. At that place he meant to fix the seat of war ; but, reflecting on the scanty numbers of his little army, and the fatal rashness of Cerealis, he resolved to quit that station, and, by giving up one post, secure the rest of the province.
Sayfa 406 - The Comitia Curiata owe their original to the division which Romulus made of the people into thirty curiae, ten being contained in every tribe. They answered, in most respects, to the modern divisions of cities into parishes. Before the institution of the Comitia Centuriata, or assemblies of the people in their centuries, which were in number 193, instituted by Servius Tullius, all the great concerns of the state were transacted in the curias ; such as the electing of magistrates, the making or abrogating...
Sayfa 313 - JUVENILE SPORTS. To promote this institution, numbers of the first distinction enrolled their names. Neither rank, nor age, nor civil honours, were an exemption. All degrees embraced the theatrical art, and, with emulation, became the rivals of Greek and Roman mimicry; proud to languish at the soft cadence of effeminate notes, and to catch the graces oi wanton deportment. Women of rank1 studied the most lascivious characters.
Sayfa 342 - ... moment of profound peace, overpowered by the Barbarians in one general assault. The colony was laid waste with fire and sword. The temple held out, but, after a siege of two days, was taken by storm. Petilius Cerealis, who commanded the ninth legion, marched to the relief of the'place.
Sayfa 338 - They felt the disgrace of yielding to a troop of women and a band of frantic priests ; they advanced their standards and rushed on to the attack with impetuous fury. The Britons perished in the flames which they themselves had kindled. The island fell, and a garrison was established to retain it in subjection. The religious groves, dedicated to superstition and barbarous rites, were levelled to the ground. In these recesses the natives imbrued their altars with the blood of their prisoners, and in...
Sayfa 347 - Void of spirit, unprovided with arms, they are not soldiers who come to offer battle; they are dastards, runaways, the refuse of your swords, who have often fled before you, and will again betake themselves to flight when they see the conqueror flaming in the ranks of war. In all engagements it is the valour of a few that turns the fortune of the day. It will be your immortal glory, that with a scanty number you can equal the exploits of a great and powerful army. Keep your ranks ; discharge your...
Sayfa 345 - For this purpose he chose a spot encircled with woods, narrow at the entrance, and sheltered in the rear by a thick forest. In that situation he had no fear of an ambuscade. The enemy, he knew, had no approach, but in front. An open plain lay before him. He drew up his men in the following order: the legions in close array formed the centre; the light-armed troops were stationed at hand to serve as occasion might require; the cavalry took post in the wings. The Britons brought into the field an incredible...
Sayfa 337 - The exhortations of the general diffused new vigour through the ranks, and the men, by mutual reproaches, inflamed each other to deeds of valour. They felt the disgrace of yielding to a troop of women, and a band of fanatic priests ; they advanced their standards, and rushed on to the attack with impetuous fury. The Britons perished in the flames which they themselves had kindled.