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Page 625 - A COMPLETE LIST OF THE VOLUMES IN "THE STORY OF THE NATIONS" SERIES. THE FIRST AND MOST COMPLETE LIBRARY OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY PRESENTED IN A POPULAR FORM 1 Rome : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic. By ARTHUR OILMAN, MA Third Edition.
Page 625 - Italy and Her Invaders," etc. Sir Philip Sidney, and the Chivalry of England. By HR FOXBOURNE, author of " The Life of John Locke,
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Page 63 - These were : I. That of all debts on which interest had been paid, the sum of the interest paid should be deducted from the principal, and the remainder paid off in three successive years. II. That no citizen should hold more than 500 jugera...
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Page 41 - ... compulsory powers. — Pernice, A., ZS. der Sav. St., vol. v, p. 48. as told by the chroniclers whom Livy35 followed, it is not hard to perceive the marks at Rome of the widespread wave of change similar to that which in Greece swept away the old heroic monarchies.
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Page v - My aim has been to give such a sketch of the general course of Roman history as might enable the reader to follow the main lines of movement, and grasp the characteristic features of the different periods.