The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts, Volumes 1-4William Rose Benét |
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Page 184
... ancient world in North Africa . delenda est Carthago . Lat . " Carthage must be destroyed . " These are the words with which Cato the Elder concluded every speech in the Senate when Carthage was a menace to the power of Rome . They are ...
... ancient world in North Africa . delenda est Carthago . Lat . " Carthage must be destroyed . " These are the words with which Cato the Elder concluded every speech in the Senate when Carthage was a menace to the power of Rome . They are ...
Page 956
... ancient Peruvians , Cubans , Mexicans , etc. Chagan . The chief of the Avars . Cham . See KHAN . Cral . The despot of ancient Servia . Czar ( from Lat . Caesar ) . The popular title of the former Emperors of Russia ( as- sumed in 1547 ...
... ancient Peruvians , Cubans , Mexicans , etc. Chagan . The chief of the Avars . Cham . See KHAN . Cral . The despot of ancient Servia . Czar ( from Lat . Caesar ) . The popular title of the former Emperors of Russia ( as- sumed in 1547 ...
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... ancient Scandinavians . They re- sided at court , were attached to the royal suite , and attended the king in all his wars . They also acted as ambassadors between hostile tribes , and their persons were held sacred . These bards ...
... ancient Scandinavians . They re- sided at court , were attached to the royal suite , and attended the king in all his wars . They also acted as ambassadors between hostile tribes , and their persons were held sacred . These bards ...
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