Excerpt from History of Rome and the Roman People, Vol. 2: From Its Origin to the Establishment of the Christian Empire; Part II, From the Battle of Zama to End of the First Triumvirate Hen the corpses had been thrown into the Tiber, the blood washed away in the streets, and the price for the murder paid, the savage Opimius, to render the memory of this odious victory immortal, caused a medal to be struck, representing himself as Hercules with a laurel wreath and a club. After this he purified the city by lustrations and consecrated a temple to Concord,1 a derisive parody of the last act of the life of Camillus. But Camillus had not murdered Licinius, and he had, in truth, closed an era of disturbance, while Opimius opened an era of pro scriptions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from History of Rome and the Roman People, From Its Origin to the Establishment of the Christian Empire, Vol. 2: Part I (From the Battle of Zama to End of the First Triumvirate) Two acres for each year of service in Spain or Africa; it is said. Also, that other grants were made to veterans of the Spanish, Sicilian, and Sardinian wars. (livy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from History of Rome and the Roman People, From Its Origin to the Establishment of the Christian Empire, Vol. 2: Part II (From the Battle of Zama to End of the First Triumvirate) There yet remain magnificent ruins, whence has been made the restoration shown on vol. I. P. 283. 2 Statuette of bronze found near Valenciennes, and now in the museum at Renues. M. E. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.