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... Tiber , ' here deeper and wider than the Thames at Blackfriars , and the hills rising from its banks - the Janiculus and Vaticanus - sweep- ing away to some distance , return in their boldest form at this celebrated hill , whence the ...
... Tiber , ' here deeper and wider than the Thames at Blackfriars , and the hills rising from its banks - the Janiculus and Vaticanus - sweep- ing away to some distance , return in their boldest form at this celebrated hill , whence the ...
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... Tiber , across the oldest of the Roman bridges , the Sublician ( or Bridge of Piles ) : a district which , rising in terraces from the river , enjoyed a noble view of the seven hills on the opposite bank , and was also celebrated for ...
... Tiber , across the oldest of the Roman bridges , the Sublician ( or Bridge of Piles ) : a district which , rising in terraces from the river , enjoyed a noble view of the seven hills on the opposite bank , and was also celebrated for ...
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... Tiber had been con- secrated to the god of war , as a resort for military exercises , and the kindred recreations of leaping , running , and bathing . Thither also the citizens poured in vast crowds , after the business of the day , to ...
... Tiber had been con- secrated to the god of war , as a resort for military exercises , and the kindred recreations of leaping , running , and bathing . Thither also the citizens poured in vast crowds , after the business of the day , to ...
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... Tiber , in which the wearied combatants might wash off the sweat and dust , and return home in the full glow of recruited health and vigour . But the youth of Rome were now no longer satisfied with these simple ablutions . They resorted ...
... Tiber , in which the wearied combatants might wash off the sweat and dust , and return home in the full glow of recruited health and vigour . But the youth of Rome were now no longer satisfied with these simple ablutions . They resorted ...
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... Tiber ; and Augustus again surpassed him by the excava- tion of a noble basin by their side , for the exhibition of naval engagements , which he surrounded with groves , and walks , and gushing fountains . The old kings truly built for ...
... Tiber ; and Augustus again surpassed him by the excava- tion of a noble basin by their side , for the exhibition of naval engagements , which he surrounded with groves , and walks , and gushing fountains . The old kings truly built for ...
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