A Dictionary of Greek and Roman AntiquitiesWilliam Smith, Charles Anthon Harper & brothers, 1843 - 1116 pages |
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... ADOPTION . ) ADSCRIPTIVI . ( Vid . ACCENSI . ) ADSTIPULATIO . ( Vid . STIPULATIO . ) ADULTERIUM properly signifies , in the Ro- adopted by the adrogatio . Under the emperors it | quentavit ; si fanum aliquod prætereat , nefas habet ...
... ADOPTION . ) ADSCRIPTIVI . ( Vid . ACCENSI . ) ADSTIPULATIO . ( Vid . STIPULATIO . ) ADULTERIUM properly signifies , in the Ro- adopted by the adrogatio . Under the emperors it | quentavit ; si fanum aliquod prætereat , nefas habet ...
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... adopted in later times : 1. The æra of the Trojan war , B.C. 1184 , which was first made use of by Eratosthenes . 2. The Olympiac æra , which began B.C. 776 , and was first made use of by Timæus of Sicily , and was adopted by Polyb- ius ...
... adopted in later times : 1. The æra of the Trojan war , B.C. 1184 , which was first made use of by Eratosthenes . 2. The Olympiac æra , which began B.C. 776 , and was first made use of by Timæus of Sicily , and was adopted by Polyb- ius ...
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... adopted when the accused was absent , the apagoge when he was present . Demosthenes distinguishes expressly be- tween the endeixis and the apagoge . When the com- plainant took the accused to the magistrate , the process was called ...
... adopted when the accused was absent , the apagoge when he was present . Demosthenes distinguishes expressly be- tween the endeixis and the apagoge . When the com- plainant took the accused to the magistrate , the process was called ...
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... adopted by citi- zens , and newly - created citizens , were introduced ; but the last , it appears , could only be received into a phratria when they had previously been adopted by a citizen ; and their children , when born by a mother ...
... adopted by citi- zens , and newly - created citizens , were introduced ; but the last , it appears , could only be received into a phratria when they had previously been adopted by a citizen ; and their children , when born by a mother ...
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... adopted by the Romans was the semicircle ; and the use of this constitutes one leading distinction between Greek and Roman ar- chitecture , for by its application the Romans were enabled to execute works of far bolder construction than ...
... adopted by the Romans was the semicircle ; and the use of this constitutes one leading distinction between Greek and Roman ar- chitecture , for by its application the Romans were enabled to execute works of far bolder construction than ...
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Page 208 - And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
Page 50 - They bound themselves by an oath that ' they would destroy no city of the Amphictyons, nor cut off their streams in war or peace ; and if any should do so, they would march against him and destroy his cities; and should any pillage the property of the god, or be privy to, or plan anything against what was in his temple at Delphi, they would take vengeance on him with hand, and foot, and voice, and all their might
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Page 126 - The chief duties of augurs were to observe and report supernatural signs. They were also the repositories of the ceremonial law, and had to advise on the expiation of prodigies and other matters of religious observance. The sources of their art were threefold: first, the formulas and traditions of the college, which in ancient times met on the nones of every month ; secondly, the...
Page 259 - With us practically, if not in theory, the essential object of a state hardly embraces more than the protection of life and property. The Greeks, on the other hand, had the most vivid conception of the state as a whole, every part of which was to co-operate to some great end to which all other duties were considered as subordinate.
Page 164 - Ep. 75) alludes to a person who married in order to comply with the law. That which was caducum came, in the first place, to those among the heredes who had children ; and if the heredes had no children, it came among those of the legatees who had children. The law gave the jus accrescendi, that is, the right to the caducum as far as the third degree of consanguinity, both ascending and descending (Ulp. Frag.