 He was great, repeats a modern writer, in every thing he undertook ; as a captain, a statesman, a lawgiver, a jurist, an orator, a poet, an historian, a grammarian, a mathematician, and an architect.  Elements of the History of Rome - Σελίδα 71των John Charles CURTIS - 1869 - 148 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
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