The Tiber and Its TributariesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 221 pàgines |
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Pàgina 12
... Rosea " is undoubtedly derived from " ros " " den . " The fertility for which these plains were celebrated was owing to the exhalations from the Veline lake . Up to the time of the Empire they continued to 12 DESCRIPTION OF THE TIBER .
... Rosea " is undoubtedly derived from " ros " " den . " The fertility for which these plains were celebrated was owing to the exhalations from the Veline lake . Up to the time of the Empire they continued to 12 DESCRIPTION OF THE TIBER .
Pàgina 13
Strother Ancrum Smith. Up to the time of the Empire they continued to petition the senate to put an end to the inconveniences which they suffered , by blocking the outlet of the Velino . This petition it was of course impossible to grant ...
Strother Ancrum Smith. Up to the time of the Empire they continued to petition the senate to put an end to the inconveniences which they suffered , by blocking the outlet of the Velino . This petition it was of course impossible to grant ...
Pàgina 15
... continued rains , * These lakes were artificial and attached to the villa of Nero . Omitte mirari beatæ + Fumum et opes strepitumque Romæ . Hor . Car . III , 29 . It is strange that most commentators should hesitate to render " fumum ...
... continued rains , * These lakes were artificial and attached to the villa of Nero . Omitte mirari beatæ + Fumum et opes strepitumque Romæ . Hor . Car . III , 29 . It is strange that most commentators should hesitate to render " fumum ...
Pàgina 32
... continued to become shallower , and the difficulty of navigation to increase . Caligula was obliged The crews were obliged to take turns in going on shore to procure them . of these gallies seem to have been always cramped for room , as ...
... continued to become shallower , and the difficulty of navigation to increase . Caligula was obliged The crews were obliged to take turns in going on shore to procure them . of these gallies seem to have been always cramped for room , as ...
Pàgina 34
... continued to be a port up to the time of Constantine . But the course of nature cannot be arrested ; no harbour can long exist at the mouth of a river which brings down large quantities of mud , and is continually extending its delta ...
... continued to be a port up to the time of Constantine . But the course of nature cannot be arrested ; no harbour can long exist at the mouth of a river which brings down large quantities of mud , and is continually extending its delta ...
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