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Complete Works of Strabo by Strabo of Amaseia
epub |eng | | Author:Strabo of Amaseia [Strabo of Amaseia]

BOOK XVII. ᾿επεὶ δὲ τὴν Ἀραβίαν ἐφοδεύοντες καὶ τοὺς κόλπους συμπεριελάβομεν τοὺς σφίγγοντας αὐτὴν καὶ ποιοῦντας χερρόνησον, τὸν Περσικὸν καὶ τὸν Ἀράβιον, τούτῳ δέ τινα συμπεριωδεύθη καὶ τῆς Αἰγύπτου καὶ ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations March 1,2018 )
Guide to Greece: Volume 1: Central Greece by Pausanias
mobi |eng | 1979-08-14 | Author:Pausanias

pining away for the youth of Kydias: the first shield his left arm ever put on, when raging War went hottest at the Gauls.131 This was the inscription in the ...
( Category: History March 1,2018 )
Delphi Complete Works of Aulus Gellius - 'The Attic Nights' (Illustrated) (Delphi Ancient Classics Book 70) by Aulus Gellius
epub, azw3 |eng | 2016-07-31 | Author:Aulus Gellius [Gellius, Aulus]

Liber Vicesimus I Disputatio Sex. Caecilii iureconsulti et Favorini philosophi de legibus Duodecim Tabularum. SEXTUS CAECILIUS in disciplina iuris atque in legibus populi Romani noscendis interpretandisque scientia, usu auctoritateque inlustris ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations March 1,2018 )
Ancient Geography by Duane W. Roller
epub |eng | | Author:Duane W. Roller

Hipparchos of Nikaia The most serious early critic of Eratosthenes was Hipparchos, active in the second century BC; the latest date associated with him is 126 BC.41 He was from ...
( Category: Travel Writing March 1,2018 )
Rome and Jerusalem by Martin Goodman
epub |eng | 2007-03-01 | Author:Martin Goodman [Goodman, Martin]

CHAPTER EIGHT GOVERNMENT ALTHOUGH, as we saw in Chapter 5, Jews and Romans had different -ideas about the ultimate authority on which their governments were based, that there should be ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations March 1,2018 )
A History of Ancient Greece in Fifty Lives by David Stuttard
epub |eng | | Author:David Stuttard

King Agesilaus II of Sparta Agesilaus was born lame, but despite his disability, with the support of the general Lysander he became one of the two kings of Sparta in ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations March 1,2018 )
Hellenistic and Roman Sparta by Cartledge Paul
epub |eng | 2011-09-26 | Author:Cartledge, Paul

* * * * * An attempt is made in this second section to characterize the chief preoccupations of local government at Roman Sparta. Before doing so the question of ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations March 1,2018 )
Daily Life In Ancient Rome by Jerome Carcopino
epub |eng | | Author:Jerome Carcopino [Jerome Carcopino]

“In quintam varios extendit Roma labores Sexta quies lassis, septima finis erit"⁶⁴ If one bears in mind that the “hour “at the winter solstice equalled forty-five minutes according to our ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations March 1,2018 )
The Age of Tyrants: The History of the Early Tyrants in Ancient Greece by Charles River Editors
epub |eng | 2016-11-15 | Author:Charles River Editors [Editors, Charles River]

A relief in the Persian capital of Persepolis depicting Darius the Great In addition to the problems on his doorstep, Hippias had to contend with a number of other deteriorating ...
( Category: History March 1,2018 )
Popular Culture in Ancient Rome by J. P. Toner
epub |eng | 2012-01-13 | Author:J. P. Toner

Even the counters used to play were abusive, with particular scores having names such as ‘adulterer’, ‘fucker’, ‘tart’, ‘cunt-licker’.96 Part of the fun of this came from subverting the phrases ...
( Category: Social Sciences March 1,2018 )
Lives of the Romans by Joanne Berry
mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Joanne Berry

56 | NUMERIUS QUINCTIUS ACTOR NVMERIVS QVINCTIVS · )) · L · COMICVS SIBI · ET · QVINCTIAE · PRIMILLAE COLLIBERTAE · ET · CONIVGI · SVAE VIXI · CVM ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations March 1,2018 )
Famous Men of Ancient Rome by John H. Haaren & A. B. Poland
epub |eng | 2012-10-06 | Author:John H. Haaren & A. B. Poland [Haaren, John]

IV Scipio now began to march towards the great, rich city of Carthage. He captured a number of towns and a great deal of treasure. In a few weeks, however, ...
( Category: Biographies March 1,2018 )
Women in Ancient Rome by MacLachlan Bonnie;
epub |eng | | Author:MacLachlan, Bonnie; [MacLachlan, Bonnie]

MAESIA Valerius Maximus pays tribute to several women besides Hortensia who displayed courage and skill. One woman who received his approval was Maesia of Sentinum who, instead of hiring an ...
( Category: World March 1,2018 )
The Classical Art of Command by Joseph Roisman
epub, azw3 |eng | 2015-03-01 | Author:Joseph Roisman

FIGURE 12 The Athlit ram. A bronze ram of a trireme or a larger ship was found on the coast of Athlit, Israel, and is currently on display at the ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations March 1,2018 )
Ancient Greece: The Legacy of Alexander the Great (Greatest Military Leader in History) by van Basten T.D
epub |eng | 2016-04-15 | Author:van Basten, T.D. [van Basten, T.D.]

IV THE CONQUESTS OF ALEXANDER “There is nothing permanent except change.” -HERACLITUS Alexander received his moniker “the Great” as a result of his military prowess and the strength of his ...
( Category: Biographies & Memoirs March 1,2018 )

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