Historic Tales:
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共 19 段- The new king loved war as much as the gentle Numa had loved
- His words went to the souls of his hearers. An assembly of t
- Their demands were as follows: All debts should be cancelled
- At the end of the year of office of these officials it was f
- We have related in the preceding tale how a Veientian prophe
- This sacrifice filled the Romans with hope, and the Latins,
- And while the ships were building the crews selected for the
- Rome, in alarm, chose a dictator, Fabius Maximus by name. Th
- But Carthage was not yet taken. Its death-struggle was to be
- There was rarely any lack of work for the swords of Rome. Wh
- He now retired to his villa near Puteoli, on the Bay of Napl
- Caesar was not the man to rest while an enemy was at large.
- The ships of Antony were much larger and more powerful than
- Prasutagus, the king of the Icenians, a tribe of the ancient
- The action of the Praetorian guard was supported by the sena
- "A banquet with Vitellius was no light and simple repast. Le
- But more fighting remained. The defenders made their way int
- There was no time to be lost. News of these revolutionary mo
- Rome triumphed too soon. Its ovation to victory was the expi