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... Slavery at Rome - Triumph over Britain - Roman Aristocracy - The Poi- soned Dish ........ ..33 CHAPTER III . NERO ... Slave - mart - Athens and Alexan- dria Greek Philosophy Socrates- Logic - The Musical Statue - Hadrian's Great Question ...
... Slavery at Rome - Triumph over Britain - Roman Aristocracy - The Poi- soned Dish ........ ..33 CHAPTER III . NERO ... Slave - mart - Athens and Alexan- dria Greek Philosophy Socrates- Logic - The Musical Statue - Hadrian's Great Question ...
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... slaves hovered over the steam of the open cookshops , or loitered on their masters ' errands to gaze on the rude drawings posted as placards on the walls , or to snatch a glimpse at the tricks of the conjurors and clowns , or to catch ...
... slaves hovered over the steam of the open cookshops , or loitered on their masters ' errands to gaze on the rude drawings posted as placards on the walls , or to snatch a glimpse at the tricks of the conjurors and clowns , or to catch ...
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... cruelty which the Romans learnt in conflict with their enemies in the field , they exercised at home on their slaves and children , wives : and parents , aud that the ordinary punishments of their 1-14 . ] 15 THE ROMAN SOLDIER .
... cruelty which the Romans learnt in conflict with their enemies in the field , they exercised at home on their slaves and children , wives : and parents , aud that the ordinary punishments of their 1-14 . ] 15 THE ROMAN SOLDIER .
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... slaves at his own board , and dispensed to them with equal care their tasks and their recreations ; how he had kept the key of the wine- bin at his girdle , and chastised his wife even to the death , if she ventured to purloin it from ...
... slaves at his own board , and dispensed to them with equal care their tasks and their recreations ; how he had kept the key of the wine- bin at his girdle , and chastised his wife even to the death , if she ventured to purloin it from ...
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... slave . Such were the fierce and haughty republicans whom Cæsar almost succeeded in subjugating to his despotic sway — wedded as they now were for five long centuries to the free institutions which they had so gallantly and wisely ...
... slave . Such were the fierce and haughty republicans whom Cæsar almost succeeded in subjugating to his despotic sway — wedded as they now were for five long centuries to the free institutions which they had so gallantly and wisely ...
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