The Greek World Under Roman Sway: From Polybius to PlutarchMacmillan & Company, 1890 - 418 páginas |
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... never once considered the point of view taken in my Sixth Chapter on the same subject . Indeed , since I wrote the opening of this Preface I have encountered a practical illustration of the difficulty there is in including all the ...
... never once considered the point of view taken in my Sixth Chapter on the same subject . Indeed , since I wrote the opening of this Preface I have encountered a practical illustration of the difficulty there is in including all the ...
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... never yet failed to bring upon themselves their due rewards . 1 So it was that the completed conquest which Polybius saw , and which appeared to be a final settlement of the world , brought no contentment into the hearts of men . For ...
... never yet failed to bring upon themselves their due rewards . 1 So it was that the completed conquest which Polybius saw , and which appeared to be a final settlement of the world , brought no contentment into the hearts of men . For ...
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... never very great ; they won battles by the high training of their bloody profession , and it is clear that this class was least of all recruited among the Greek - speaking population , which had neither the muscle nor the physical ...
... never very great ; they won battles by the high training of their bloody profession , and it is clear that this class was least of all recruited among the Greek - speaking population , which had neither the muscle nor the physical ...
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... never became the native tongue or vernacular of any tract of country not long since peopled by Hellenes . Subse- quently , the Arab conquest of the East , like the Roman of the West , imposed not only its culture but its language upon ...
... never became the native tongue or vernacular of any tract of country not long since peopled by Hellenes . Subse- quently , the Arab conquest of the East , like the Roman of the West , imposed not only its culture but its language upon ...
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... never drove four horses abreast , and could not have originated that design . The Tritons and spearmen to be seen on Açoka's railings at Buddha Gaya are interpreted by Cunningham in the same way , but I will allow only this much to his ...
... never drove four horses abreast , and could not have originated that design . The Tritons and spearmen to be seen on Açoka's railings at Buddha Gaya are interpreted by Cunningham in the same way , but I will allow only this much to his ...
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The Greek World Under Roman Sway: From Polybius to Plutarch John Pentland Mahaffy Vista completa - 1890 |
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