A School Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities: Abridged from the Larger DictionaryHarper, 1846 - 373 pages |
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... took the wrong one , or if he claimed more than his due , he lost his cause ( causa cadebat ) ; but the praetor sometimes gave him leave to amend his claim or intentio . It will be ob- served that as the formulae were so numerous and ...
... took the wrong one , or if he claimed more than his due , he lost his cause ( causa cadebat ) ; but the praetor sometimes gave him leave to amend his claim or intentio . It will be ob- served that as the formulae were so numerous and ...
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... took down the speeches in the senate and the pub- lic assemblies . In the debate in the Roman senate upon the punishment of those who had been concerned in the conspiracy of Cat- iline , we find the first mention of short - hand writers ...
... took down the speeches in the senate and the pub- lic assemblies . In the debate in the Roman senate upon the punishment of those who had been concerned in the conspiracy of Cat- iline , we find the first mention of short - hand writers ...
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... took care that private buildings , which were in a ruinous state were repaired by the owners or pulled down . The care of the streets and pave- ments , with the cleansing and draining of the city , belonged to the aediles , and , of ...
... took care that private buildings , which were in a ruinous state were repaired by the owners or pulled down . The care of the streets and pave- ments , with the cleansing and draining of the city , belonged to the aediles , and , of ...
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... took from the aediles , or exercised himself , the office of superin- tending the religious rites , and the banishing from the city of all foreign ceremonials ; he also assumed the superintendence of the tem- ples , and thus may be said ...
... took from the aediles , or exercised himself , the office of superin- tending the religious rites , and the banishing from the city of all foreign ceremonials ; he also assumed the superintendence of the tem- ples , and thus may be said ...
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... took in some degree of the nature both of kingly and tyrannical authority ; since he was appointed legally , and did not usurp the gov ernment , but at the same time was not bound by any laws in his public administration . The office ...
... took in some degree of the nature both of kingly and tyrannical authority ; since he was appointed legally , and did not usurp the gov ernment , but at the same time was not bound by any laws in his public administration . The office ...
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