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... refers to the nominative case to mandat , the principal verb in the sentence . Morinos . What modern province of France ? inde . Adverb of place . To what place does it refer ? Veneticum bellum . The account of this war is con- tained ...
... refers to the nominative case to mandat , the principal verb in the sentence . Morinos . What modern province of France ? inde . Adverb of place . To what place does it refer ? Veneticum bellum . The account of this war is con- tained ...
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... refer in the line " Ter- rita quæsitis ostendit terga Britannis . ” 33. perequitant , sc . essedarii , implied from essědis . cum se insinuaverint , when they have wound their way in . expeditum receptum , an easy retreat . mobilitatem ...
... refer in the line " Ter- rita quæsitis ostendit terga Britannis . ” 33. perequitant , sc . essedarii , implied from essědis . cum se insinuaverint , when they have wound their way in . expeditum receptum , an easy retreat . mobilitatem ...
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... refers not to the slaughter of the victim , but to the previous rite of sprinkling on its forehead a salt cake , " mola salsa . ” supplicia , used here in the sense of a sacrifice ; an act of worship , not a punishment . 17. Mercurium ...
... refers not to the slaughter of the victim , but to the previous rite of sprinkling on its forehead a salt cake , " mola salsa . ” supplicia , used here in the sense of a sacrifice ; an act of worship , not a punishment . 17. Mercurium ...
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... refers to the Britons in the time of Tacitus . Observe the difference be- tween pareant , expressive of the obedience rendered by free men to the laws ; and serviant , the obedience of slaves . Igitur primus omnium , & c . What follows ...
... refers to the Britons in the time of Tacitus . Observe the difference be- tween pareant , expressive of the obedience rendered by free men to the laws ; and serviant , the obedience of slaves . Igitur primus omnium , & c . What follows ...
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... refers to this season only , because in it only the Roman campaigns were carried on . So Pliny , 2. 75. " Longissimus dies in Italia horarum quin- decim , in Britannia septimdecim , ubi æstati lucida noctes . " Observe that Quod si ...
... refers to this season only , because in it only the Roman campaigns were carried on . So Pliny , 2. 75. " Longissimus dies in Italia horarum quin- decim , in Britannia septimdecim , ubi æstati lucida noctes . " Observe that Quod si ...
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