A New Universal Biography, Containing Interesting Accounts, Tom 2Sherwood, Jones, and Company, 1825 |
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... followed by a number of se- nators , and other persons of high rank . He openly married his sister Drusilla , and on her death caused divine honours to be paid her , in temples built to her honour . For his favourite horse he built a ...
... followed by a number of se- nators , and other persons of high rank . He openly married his sister Drusilla , and on her death caused divine honours to be paid her , in temples built to her honour . For his favourite horse he built a ...
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... followed him . On her arrival at Rome , she was met in the place by the widow of Scribonius , who wished to speak to her . " I speak to thee ! " re- turned Arria indignantly , " to thee , who hast been witness of thy husband's death ...
... followed him . On her arrival at Rome , she was met in the place by the widow of Scribonius , who wished to speak to her . " I speak to thee ! " re- turned Arria indignantly , " to thee , who hast been witness of thy husband's death ...
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... followed by a numerous army , but was at last defeated by one of the emperor's generals . When he perceived all was lost , he laid violent hands upon himself . LUCIUS CLAUDIUS MACER , proprætor of Africa , in the reign of Nero , on ...
... followed by a numerous army , but was at last defeated by one of the emperor's generals . When he perceived all was lost , he laid violent hands upon himself . LUCIUS CLAUDIUS MACER , proprætor of Africa , in the reign of Nero , on ...
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... followed by a plague , in which ten thousand men were buried in a day . The emperor , how- ever , did all that lay in his power to repair the damage sus- tained by the public ; and with respect to the city , declared that he would take ...
... followed by a plague , in which ten thousand men were buried in a day . The emperor , how- ever , did all that lay in his power to repair the damage sus- tained by the public ; and with respect to the city , declared that he would take ...
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... followed him . All these precautions were unavailing ; he perished by the hand of an assassin the 18th of September , A. D. 96 , in the forty - fifth year of his age , and the fifteenth of his reign . He was the last of the twelve ...
... followed him . All these precautions were unavailing ; he perished by the hand of an assassin the 18th of September , A. D. 96 , in the forty - fifth year of his age , and the fifteenth of his reign . He was the last of the twelve ...
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