A History of the World from the Earliest Records to the Present Time: From the triumvirate of Tiberius Gracchus to the fall of the Roman empireWalton and Maberly, 1865 |
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Side vii
... ROME - TIBERIUS AND CAIUS GRACCHUS , B.C. 133 TO B.C. 111 . PAGE Revolution impending at Rome - Family of the Gracchi - Cornelia and her sons- Marriages of Tiberius and Caius - Tiberius in Spain - His view of the state of Italy - He is ...
... ROME - TIBERIUS AND CAIUS GRACCHUS , B.C. 133 TO B.C. 111 . PAGE Revolution impending at Rome - Family of the Gracchi - Cornelia and her sons- Marriages of Tiberius and Caius - Tiberius in Spain - His view of the state of Italy - He is ...
Side viii
... Rome and Italy Insurrections of slaves - Sufferings of the provinces - Piracy - Second Servile War in Sicily - Sixth consulship of Marius - Births of Cicero , Pompey , and Cæsar . CHAPTER XXXIII . 44-80 FIRST PERIOD OF CIVIL WARS ...
... Rome and Italy Insurrections of slaves - Sufferings of the provinces - Piracy - Second Servile War in Sicily - Sixth consulship of Marius - Births of Cicero , Pompey , and Cæsar . CHAPTER XXXIII . 44-80 FIRST PERIOD OF CIVIL WARS ...
Side ix
... Rome - Adventure with the Pirates - He studies rhetoric at Rhodes - Supports Pompey - Restores the images of Marius - Rise of Marcus Tullius Cicero - His family and education - His one campaign - Speeches for Quintius and Roscius - He ...
... Rome - Adventure with the Pirates - He studies rhetoric at Rhodes - Supports Pompey - Restores the images of Marius - Rise of Marcus Tullius Cicero - His family and education - His one campaign - Speeches for Quintius and Roscius - He ...
Side x
... Rome - Crassus departs for Syria - Omens of disaster - He crosses the Euphrates and retires - Embassy from the Par- thians - Crassus enters Mesopotamia - Tactics of the Parthians - The battle of Charræ - Death of the younger Crassus ...
... Rome - Crassus departs for Syria - Omens of disaster - He crosses the Euphrates and retires - Embassy from the Par- thians - Crassus enters Mesopotamia - Tactics of the Parthians - The battle of Charræ - Death of the younger Crassus ...
Side xii
... Rome - New victims of the informers - Tiberius quarrels with Agrippina Withdraws to Capres - His occupations and alleged orgies - Death of Livia - Condemnation of Agrippina and her sons - Elevation and fall of Sejanus - Starvation of ...
... Rome - New victims of the informers - Tiberius quarrels with Agrippina Withdraws to Capres - His occupations and alleged orgies - Death of Livia - Condemnation of Agrippina and her sons - Elevation and fall of Sejanus - Starvation of ...
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A History of the World from the Earliest Records to the Present Time: From ... Philip Smith Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1866 |
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Agrippa amidst ancient Antiochus Antony Aristobulus Armenia army Asia Augustus barbarians battle brother Cæsar called camp Cassius Catiline cavalry character chief Christian Cicero Cimbri citizens civil Claudius Cleopatra command Constantine consul consulship Crassus Dacia Danube defeated Diocletian Domitian Drusus East Egypt election emperor empire enemy fate father favour followed force formed friends Galerius Gaul gave German Germanicus Greek Herod historian honour Hyrcanus imperial Italian Italy Jerusalem Jewish Jews Judæa Jugurtha Julian Julius Cæsar king land legions Lucullus Marius Maximian Meanwhile Merivale Metellus military Mithridates murder Nero nobles Numidia Octavian Parthian party Pompey popular prætor prætorian prince province put to death reign Republic restored returned to Rome Rhine Roman Rome Scipio seems Senate sent slaves soldiers soon Spain success Sulla Syria Tacitus temple Tiberius Tiberius Gracchus tion Titus Trajan tribes tribune triumph triumvirs troops Vespasian victory
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Side 163 - Women received their dead raised to life again; and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection; and others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment.
Side 302 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors ; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Side 256 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see, that on the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse.
Side 542 - And the people gave a shout, saying : — " It is the voice of a god, and not of a man." And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory : and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Side 554 - Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you : for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.
Side 482 - Gibbon declares, in a memorable passage, that " if a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would without hesitation name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Side 546 - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people...
Side 555 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Side 598 - Eighty and six years have I served Him, and He never did me any injury: how then can I blaspheme my King and my Saviour?
Side 281 - All crimes shall cease, and ancient fraud shall fail ; Returning Justice lift aloft her scale ; Peace o'er the world her olive wand extend, And white-robed Innocence from heaven descend.