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Page 50
... præfect Macro , most submissively declared himself the child of the Senators , pre- pared to share with them the toils and pleasures of office , and to guide all his actions according to their wise directions . He then adroitly assumed ...
... præfect Macro , most submissively declared himself the child of the Senators , pre- pared to share with them the toils and pleasures of office , and to guide all his actions according to their wise directions . He then adroitly assumed ...
Page 61
... Præfect of the City the Lord Mayor ' - over all disputes between master and slave . The moral influence arising from this recognition of the legislature , that slaves were not beneath its care , warded off the dangers which might have ...
... Præfect of the City the Lord Mayor ' - over all disputes between master and slave . The moral influence arising from this recognition of the legislature , that slaves were not beneath its care , warded off the dangers which might have ...
Page 67
... Præfect of the Prætorian bands , who favoured Britannicus , and obtained the appointment for her own partisan Burrhus , an able soldier , who also undertook the training of the young prince . Thus Nero was early the cen- tre of state ...
... Præfect of the Prætorian bands , who favoured Britannicus , and obtained the appointment for her own partisan Burrhus , an able soldier , who also undertook the training of the young prince . Thus Nero was early the cen- tre of state ...
Page 72
... Præfect , and under his fatal influ- ence Nero sunk into a mere cruel tyrant , timid and san- guinary , cutting off one by one the most eminent characters in wealth or popularity around him . So Octavia was mur- dered , to make way for ...
... Præfect , and under his fatal influ- ence Nero sunk into a mere cruel tyrant , timid and san- guinary , cutting off one by one the most eminent characters in wealth or popularity around him . So Octavia was mur- dered , to make way for ...
Page 86
... title of the Roman provincial rulers - as under the Præfect of Rome , " is a most mon- strous extravagance ! ' 66 Count de Gasparin asks , ' Who can believe that Peter 64-68 . ] ST . PETER NEVER AT ROME . 86 [ A.D. HISTORY OF THE ROMANS .
... title of the Roman provincial rulers - as under the Præfect of Rome , " is a most mon- strous extravagance ! ' 66 Count de Gasparin asks , ' Who can believe that Peter 64-68 . ] ST . PETER NEVER AT ROME . 86 [ A.D. HISTORY OF THE ROMANS .
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