Geographia Classica: Or, The Application of Ancient Geography to the ClassicsCarey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835 - 238 Seiten |
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... west of Mantua is Brixia , now Brescia , and still North - west is Bergomium , now Ber- gamo ; West of which is Comum , at the South end of the Lacus Larius , now the lake of Como , the birth - place of the younger Pliny , nephew to the ...
... west of Mantua is Brixia , now Brescia , and still North - west is Bergomium , now Ber- gamo ; West of which is Comum , at the South end of the Lacus Larius , now the lake of Como , the birth - place of the younger Pliny , nephew to the ...
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... South of the Po , is Placentia , now Piacenza , near the mouth of the Trebia , where Hannibal gained his second victory over the Romans , B. C. 218 , A. U. C. 536. South ... West , in the fifth century , when Rome was possessed by the ...
... South of the Po , is Placentia , now Piacenza , near the mouth of the Trebia , where Hannibal gained his second victory over the Romans , B. C. 218 , A. U. C. 536. South ... West , in the fifth century , when Rome was possessed by the ...
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... Western extremity of Liguria , they were called the Alpes Maritimæ , or Maritime Alps ... South .. The Rivers in Gallia Cisalpina are , the Padus , or Po , called also Eridanust , which rises among the Cottian Alps , and runs from West ...
... Western extremity of Liguria , they were called the Alpes Maritimæ , or Maritime Alps ... South .. The Rivers in Gallia Cisalpina are , the Padus , or Po , called also Eridanust , which rises among the Cottian Alps , and runs from West ...
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... South - eastern ex- tremity . Near this lake was the memorable defeat of the Romans by Hannibal , B. C. 217 , A.U.C. 537. South of Florentia is Sena , now Siena ; West of which is Vola- terræ , now Volterra ; and South - east is Clusium ...
... South - eastern ex- tremity . Near this lake was the memorable defeat of the Romans by Hannibal , B. C. 217 , A.U.C. 537. South of Florentia is Sena , now Siena ; West of which is Vola- terræ , now Volterra ; and South - east is Clusium ...
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... South - west of which and just East of the Lacus Trasimenus , at the foot of the Apennines , is Nuceria , now Nocera . Considerably below it is Spoletium , now Spoleto , where they still show the gate from which Hannibal was repulsed ...
... South - west of which and just East of the Lacus Trasimenus , at the foot of the Apennines , is Nuceria , now Nocera . Considerably below it is Spoletium , now Spoleto , where they still show the gate from which Hannibal was repulsed ...
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Seite 163 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day, While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Seite 49 - Charybdis 420 obsidet, atque imo barathri ter gurgite vastos sorbet in abruptum fluctus rursusque sub auras erigit alternos et sidera verberat unda.
Seite 197 - Onward resistless rolls the infuriate surge, Clouds follow clouds, and mountains mountains urge ; Wave over wave the driving desert swims, Bursts o'er their heads, inhumes their struggling limbs ; Man mounts on man, on camels camels rush, Hosts march o'er hosts, and nations nations crush, — Wheeling in air the winged islands fall, And one great earthy ocean covers all...
Seite 196 - Desert, was a small and beautiful spot, or Oasis, as it is called, refreshed by streams and shade, and luxuriant with verdure, in which was the celebrated temple of Jupiter Hammon, said to have been founded by Bacchus, in gratitude to his father Jupiter, who appeared to him in the form of a ram, and showed him a fountain, when himself and his army were perishing with thirst.
Seite 49 - Portus ab accessu ventorum immotus et ingens 570 ipse; sed horrificis iuxta tonat Aetna ruinis interdumque atram prorumpit ad aethera nubem, turbine fumantem piceo et candente favilla, attollitque globos flammarum et sidera lambit: interdum scopulos avolsaque viscera montis 575 erigit eructans liquefactaque saxa sub auras cum gemitu glomerat fundoque exaestuat imo.