A Dictionary of Greek and Roman AntiquitiesWilliam Smith, Charles Anthon Harper & brothers, 1843 - 1116 pages |
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... ground - pine , " called also " St. John's wort . " The Latin name is derived from this plant's having been used to produce abortion . The Abiga is the same with the Chamępitys ( Xauainķ- Tug ) of the Greeks . The three species of the ...
... ground - pine , " called also " St. John's wort . " The Latin name is derived from this plant's having been used to produce abortion . The Abiga is the same with the Chamępitys ( Xauainķ- Tug ) of the Greeks . The three species of the ...
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... ground , and kissing the feet and knees the Emperor Antoninus Pius , addressed to the pon- of the emperor.3 tifices , those who were under age ( impuberes ) , or wards ( pupil ) , could , with certain restrictions , be adopted by the ...
... ground , and kissing the feet and knees the Emperor Antoninus Pius , addressed to the pon- of the emperor.3 tifices , those who were under age ( impuberes ) , or wards ( pupil ) , could , with certain restrictions , be adopted by the ...
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... ground . An agmen pilatum was an army in close array , quod sine jumentis incedit , sed inter se densum est , quo facilius per iniquiora loca transmitta- tur . The agmen quadratum was the army arranged in the form of a square , with the ...
... ground . An agmen pilatum was an army in close array , quod sine jumentis incedit , sed inter se densum est , quo facilius per iniquiora loca transmitta- tur . The agmen quadratum was the army arranged in the form of a square , with the ...
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... ground which was to be laid out , and parallel to these were drawn other lines , according to the size of the quadrangle required . The limits of these divisions were indi- cated by balks , called limites , which were left as high roads ...
... ground which was to be laid out , and parallel to these were drawn other lines , according to the size of the quadrangle required . The limits of these divisions were indi- cated by balks , called limites , which were left as high roads ...
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... ground ; and the transverse , or longer diameter of the external ellipse , is 615 feet , and the conjugate , or shorter one , 510 ; while those of the interior ellipse , or arena , are 281 and 176 feet respectively . Where it perfect ...
... ground ; and the transverse , or longer diameter of the external ellipse , is 615 feet , and the conjugate , or shorter one , 510 ; while those of the interior ellipse , or arena , are 281 and 176 feet respectively . Where it perfect ...
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