Plutarch's Lives: Tr. from the Original Greek; with Notes, Historical & Critical; & a Life of Plutarch, 2. kötetJ. Crissy, 1834 |
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39. oldal
... Romans employ in the inspection and care of divination by the flight of birds , and by prodigies in the air , he studied so attentively the usages of his country , and acquainted himself so perfectly with the ancient ceremonies of ...
... Romans employ in the inspection and care of divination by the flight of birds , and by prodigies in the air , he studied so attentively the usages of his country , and acquainted himself so perfectly with the ancient ceremonies of ...
41. oldal
... Romans , knew best how to hear poverty . There were no less than sixteen of the Ælian family and name , who had only a small house and one farm amongst them ; and in this house they all lived with their wives and many children . Here ...
... Romans , knew best how to hear poverty . There were no less than sixteen of the Ælian family and name , who had only a small house and one farm amongst them ; and in this house they all lived with their wives and many children . Here ...
42. oldal
... Romans did not choose utterly to cut off the people of Liguria , whom they considered as a bulwark against the Gauls , who were al ways hovering over Italy . The Ligurians , confiding in Æmi lius , delivered up their ships and their ...
... Romans did not choose utterly to cut off the people of Liguria , whom they considered as a bulwark against the Gauls , who were al ways hovering over Italy . The Ligurians , confiding in Æmi lius , delivered up their ships and their ...
43. oldal
... Romans should impose , he was glad to come off with a moderate fine . But recollecting himself afterwards , he could not brook the dishonour . To reign by the courtesy of the Romans , appeared to him more suitable to a slave , who minds ...
... Romans should impose , he was glad to come off with a moderate fine . But recollecting himself afterwards , he could not brook the dishonour . To reign by the courtesy of the Romans , appeared to him more suitable to a slave , who minds ...
44. oldal
... Romans ; but he was not equal to such a burden , on account of the littleness of his ca- pacity and the meanness of his manners ; avarice being the principal of the many passions that reigned in his distempered heart . It is even said ...
... Romans ; but he was not equal to such a burden , on account of the littleness of his ca- pacity and the meanness of his manners ; avarice being the principal of the many passions that reigned in his distempered heart . It is even said ...
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Achæans Achradina action Æmilius affairs afterwards Antiochus appeared Aristides arms army Athenians Athens barbarians battle body Boeotia brought called camp Carthaginians Cato cavalry Charonea Cimon command consul Corinthians danger death Demetrius Dionysius endeavoured enemy enemy's engaged Epaminondas favour fell fight Flaminius fled fleet forces fortune friends gained galleys Gauls gave give glory greatest Grecian Greece Greeks hands Hannibal honour horse hundred Icetes killed king Lacedæmonians liberty Livy Lucullus Lysander Macedonians manner Marcellus marched Mardonius Marius Metellus Mithridates occasion officers Olympiad passed Pausanias Pelopidas Perseus Persian person Philip Philopomen Plutarch Polybius Pompey present Pyrrhus returned Romans Rome sail Scipio senate sent ships Sicily slain soldiers soon Spartans spoils sword Sylla Syracusans Syracuse temple Thebans Themistocles Thessaly thing thought thousand Tigranes Timoleon tion took town tribunes triumph troops tyrant valour victory virtue wanted whole young