Roman Antiquities: Or, an Account of the Manners and Customs of the RomansG. Long, 1814 - 648 páginas |
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Página 410 - First went musicians of various kinds, singing and playing triumphal songs; next were led the oxen to be sacrificed, having their horns gilt, and their heads adorned with fillets and garlands; then in carriages were brought the spoils taken from the enemy, statues, pictures, plate, armour, gold and silver, and brass; also golden crowns, and other gifts sent by the allied and tributary states, Liv.
Página 41 - If a master of a family was slain at his own house, and the murderer not discovered, all his domestic slaves were liable to be put to death.
Página 463 - lolling" conveys its meaning better to an English ear. Compare the Greek forms, dvmcifiai and saTiaifau. — On each couch there were commonly three. They lay with the upper part of the body reclined on the left arm, the head a little raised, the back supported by cushions, and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent...
Página 113 - ... himself: upon which Cicero, who was never at a loss, instead of pronouncing the ordinary form of the oath, exalting the tone of his voice, swore out aloud, so as all the people might hear him, that he had saved the Republic and the city from ruin...
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Página 317 - Tarquin, surprised at the strange conduct of the woman, consulted the augurs what to do. They regretting the loss of the books, which had been destroyed, advised the king to give the price required. The woman therefore having delivered the books, and having desired them to be carefully kept, disappeared ; and was never afterwards seen, £)ionys.
Página 13 - The praetors, of which class of magistrates Cicero was at this time a member, could only convene the senate when the consuls were absent from the city, and could at these times only lay such matters before them as they pleased.
Página 364 - COLISEUM, from the Colossus or large statue of Nero which stood near it. It was of an oval form, and is said to have contained 87,000 spectators. Its ruins still remain. The place where the gladiators fought -was called ARENA, because it was covered with sand or saw-dust, to prevent the gladiators from sliding, and to absorb the blood ; and the persons who fought Arenarii.
Página 336 - Liv. \. 13In sacrifices it was requisite that those who offered them should come chaste and pure; that they should bathe themselves ; be dressed in white robes, and crowned with the leaves of that tree, which was thought most acceptable to the god whom they worshipped. Sometimes also in the garb of suppliants, with dishevelled hair, loose robes, and barefooted.
Página 232 - But when new questions arose, not contained in any of the above-mentioned books, new decisions became necessary to supply what was wanting, or correct what was erroneous. These were afterwards published under the title of Novels, (NOVELL./E sc.