Romæ Antiquæ Notitia: Or the Antiquities of Rome : in Two Parts ; to which are Prefixed Two Essays, Concerning the Roman Learning and the Roman Education

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Hickman & Hazzard, 1822 - 353 páginas
 

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Of the Evocati
197
Of the several kinds of the Roman Foot and their division into Manipuli Cohorts and Legions
198
The division of the Cavalry and of the Allies
199
And first of the Centu rions and Tribunes with the commanders of the horse and of the confederate forces
200
Of the Legati and the Imperator or General
203
Of the Roman arms and weapons
206
The order of the Roman army drawn up in battalia
209
The ensigns and colours the music the word in engage ments the harangues of the general
210
The form and division of the Roman camp
215
Of the duties works and exercises of the soldiers
217
Of the soldiers pay
221
Of the military punishments
222
Of the military rewards
224
The Roman way of declaring war and of making leagues
231
The Roman way of taking towns with the most remarkable inventions and engines made use of in their sieges
236
The Naval affairs of the Romans
240
BOOK V
247
Of the Circensian Shows and first of the Pentathlum the Chariot Races the Ludus Troja and the Pyrrhica Saltatio
251
Of the Shows of Wild Beasts and of the Naumachiæ
260
Of the Gladiators
264
of the LudiScenici or StagePlays and first of the Satires and the MimicPieces with the rise and advances of such enter tainments among the Romans
274
Of the Roman Tragedy and Comedy
278
The Roman method of treating the people they conquer ed with the constitution of the Coloniæ Municipia Præfecturæ and Provinces
283
Of the Sacred Votive and Funeral Games
286
Of the Roman Habit
295
Of the Roman Marriages
313
Of the Roman Funerals
321
Of the Roman Entertainments
346
Of the Roman Names
350
Of the Roman Money
353

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