Geographia Classica, Or The Application of Antient Geography to the ClassicsLea & Blanchard, 1847 |
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... chief port of modern Rome . In Umbria ( Pl . VII . , ) among the Senones , near the Ru- bicon , is Ariminum , now Rimini ; below are Pisaurum , or Pesaro , Sena Gallica , now Senigaglia , and Ancona , which retains its name . South ...
... chief port of modern Rome . In Umbria ( Pl . VII . , ) among the Senones , near the Ru- bicon , is Ariminum , now Rimini ; below are Pisaurum , or Pesaro , Sena Gallica , now Senigaglia , and Ancona , which retains its name . South ...
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... chief city of Campania was Capua , near the river Vulturnus , celebrated for the luxury of its inhabitants ; and below it , on the coast , was the no less celebrated city of Neapolis , a Greek colony , which is now Naples . Neapolis was ...
... chief city of Campania was Capua , near the river Vulturnus , celebrated for the luxury of its inhabitants ; and below it , on the coast , was the no less celebrated city of Neapolis , a Greek colony , which is now Naples . Neapolis was ...
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... chief people the Hirpini . We may first notice Caudium , South - east of Capua , celebrated for the ig- nominious defeat of the Romans by the Samnite General Pontius , at the Furce Caudinæ , A. U. C. 433 , B. C. 321 ; and North - east ...
... chief people the Hirpini . We may first notice Caudium , South - east of Capua , celebrated for the ig- nominious defeat of the Romans by the Samnite General Pontius , at the Furce Caudinæ , A. U. C. 433 , B. C. 321 ; and North - east ...
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... chief granaries for the supply of Rome . It was colonized by the Greeks and Carthaginians , and came into the possession of the Romans in the second Punic war . South of Pelorum was Messana , more antiently Zancle , from the curved form ...
... chief granaries for the supply of Rome . It was colonized by the Greeks and Carthaginians , and came into the possession of the Romans in the second Punic war . South of Pelorum was Messana , more antiently Zancle , from the curved form ...
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... chief of an African colony planted there . It was taken by the Romans with Corsica . These islands are separated by a strait about 7 miles broad , called Taphros or Fossa , now the Straits of Bonifacio . The air of Sardinia was ...
... chief of an African colony planted there . It was taken by the Romans with Corsica . These islands are separated by a strait about 7 miles broad , called Taphros or Fossa , now the Straits of Bonifacio . The air of Sardinia was ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 166 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Página 197 - Caesar et omnis luli progenies magnum caeli ventura sub axem. 790 hic vir, hic est, tibi quem promitti saepius audis, Augustus Caesar, divi genus, aurea condet saecula qui rursus Latio regnata per arva Saturno quondam, super et Garamantas et Indos proferet imperium ; iacet extra sidera tellus, extra anni solisque vias, ubi caelifer Atlas axem umero torquet stellis ardentibus aptum.
Página 134 - Nil desperandum Teucro duce et auspice Teucro ; Certus enim promisit Apollo Ambiguam tellure nova Salamina futuram. O fortes pejoraque passi Mecum saepe viri, nunc vino pellite curas ; Cras ingens iterabimus aequor.