Geographia Classica: Or, The Application of Ancient Geography to the ClassicsCarey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835 - 238 Seiten |
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... give the year of Rome - or subtract the given year B.C. from 754 , and it will give the year of Rome without any addition . Thus Cæsar was killed B.C. 44 . From 754 Take 44 Remains 709 Add 1 710 A.U.C. Or from Take . 754 44 710. A.U.C. ...
... give the year of Rome - or subtract the given year B.C. from 754 , and it will give the year of Rome without any addition . Thus Cæsar was killed B.C. 44 . From 754 Take 44 Remains 709 Add 1 710 A.U.C. Or from Take . 754 44 710. A.U.C. ...
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... gives name to the Adriatic . Among the Carni are , Forum Julii , now Fruili , and to the South , Aquileia , which still retains its name , though not its consequence . On the Sinus Terges- tinus , East of Aquileia , is the river ...
... gives name to the Adriatic . Among the Carni are , Forum Julii , now Fruili , and to the South , Aquileia , which still retains its name , though not its consequence . On the Sinus Terges- tinus , East of Aquileia , is the river ...
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... Italy , but recent investigation gives it in favour of the Little St. Bernard . † Proluit insano contorquens vortice sylvas Fluviorum rex Eridanus . Virg . Georg . I. 482 . dued by Drusus * , and flows through the Lacus 31.
... Italy , but recent investigation gives it in favour of the Little St. Bernard . † Proluit insano contorquens vortice sylvas Fluviorum rex Eridanus . Virg . Georg . I. 482 . dued by Drusus * , and flows through the Lacus 31.
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... give name to Limoges . The capital of Aquitania Secunda was Burdigala , or Bourdeaux , near the mouth of the Garumna , among the Bituriges Vivisci . The Petrocorii gave name to Peri- geux , the former name of which was Vesuna , still re ...
... give name to Limoges . The capital of Aquitania Secunda was Burdigala , or Bourdeaux , near the mouth of the Garumna , among the Bituriges Vivisci . The Petrocorii gave name to Peri- geux , the former name of which was Vesuna , still re ...
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... give a sketch of classical Geography . The remainder of Europe , North of the Danube , we have already seen was called Sarmatia . ( Pl . I. ) It is unnecessary to enter into much detail on the subject of these barbarous and almost ...
... give a sketch of classical Geography . The remainder of Europe , North of the Danube , we have already seen was called Sarmatia . ( Pl . I. ) It is unnecessary to enter into much detail on the subject of these barbarous and almost ...
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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.