Geographia Classica, Or The Application of Antient Geography to the ClassicsLea & Blanchard, 1847 |
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... described , and Vulturnus , or Volturno , which rises in the Apennines , in Samnium , and falls into the sea a little above Liternum , where Scipio Africanus lived in volun- tary exile ; East of which is Atella , where the Latin farces ...
... described , and Vulturnus , or Volturno , which rises in the Apennines , in Samnium , and falls into the sea a little above Liternum , where Scipio Africanus lived in volun- tary exile ; East of which is Atella , where the Latin farces ...
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... described by the poets , particularly by Homer and Virgil . Below Sicily were the islands of Melite , now Malta , and Gaulos , or Gozo , adjacent to it . North - west of Sicily are the two islands of Corsica and Sardinia . The former ...
... described by the poets , particularly by Homer and Virgil . Below Sicily were the islands of Melite , now Malta , and Gaulos , or Gozo , adjacent to it . North - west of Sicily are the two islands of Corsica and Sardinia . The former ...
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... described , which were built to prevent the in- cursions of the barbarous Scottish tribes into the Roman provinces . The first of these was erected by Agricola , A.D. 79 , nearly in the situation of the Rampart of Hadrian and Wall of ...
... described , which were built to prevent the in- cursions of the barbarous Scottish tribes into the Roman provinces . The first of these was erected by Agricola , A.D. 79 , nearly in the situation of the Rampart of Hadrian and Wall of ...
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... . But the greatest work of all was that of Severus , yet to be described . It was begun A.D. 209 , and finished the next year , and was only a few yards to the North of Hadrian's Wall . This great work consisted of a ditch 63.
... . But the greatest work of all was that of Severus , yet to be described . It was begun A.D. 209 , and finished the next year , and was only a few yards to the North of Hadrian's Wall . This great work consisted of a ditch 63.
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... described by Tacitus , in his Life of Agri- cola , is the Isle of Anglesea ; and Mona Cæsaris the Isle of Man . Ierne , or Hibernia , was Ireland . The Hebudes , mentioned by Pliny , Solinus , and Ptolemy , are now , by a slight ...
... described by Tacitus , in his Life of Agri- cola , is the Isle of Anglesea ; and Mona Cæsaris the Isle of Man . Ierne , or Hibernia , was Ireland . The Hebudes , mentioned by Pliny , Solinus , and Ptolemy , are now , by a slight ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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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.