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Название книги: A murder on the Appian way
Автор(ы): Steven Saylor
Жанр: Исторический детектив
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/A-murder-on-the-Appian-way-232701.html
Men were eager to win office and even employed bribery and assassination to do so, but such was the state of affairs in the city that elections could not be held. With no one in charge, murders occurred practically every day.Dio Cassius, Roman History, xl, 48The Appian Way, which was made by Appius Claudius Caecus and honours his name, extends from Rome to Capua, a journey of five days. Its breadth is such that two wagons going in opposite directions can easily pass one another. This road is one of the noteworthy sights of the world, for the stones are so finely cut, levelled and fitted together, without mortar of any sort, that the unbroken surface appears to be not a work of man, but a wondrous phenomenon of nature.Procopius, Gothic Wars, v, 14"Stop quoting laws to us. We carry swords."Plutarch, Life of Pompey, x,
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A Note on Names and the Hours of the Roman Day MapPart One RIOTPart Two ROADPart Three REX?Part Four RINGAuthor's NoteA Note on Namesand the Hours of th
Название книги: A murder on the Appian way
Автор(ы): Steven Saylor
Жанр: Исторический детектив
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/A-murder-on-the-Appian-way-232701.html
Men were eager to win office and even employed bribery and assassination to do so, but such was the state of affairs in the city that elections could not be held. With no one in charge, murders occurred practically every day.Dio Cassius, Roman History, xl, 48The Appian Way, which was made by Appius Claudius Caecus and honours his name, extends from Rome to Capua, a journey of five days. Its breadth is such that two wagons going in opposite directions can easily pass one another. This road is one of the noteworthy sights of the world, for the stones are so finely cut, levelled and fitted together, without mortar of any sort, that the unbroken surface appears to be not a work of man, but a wondrous phenomenon of nature.Procopius, Gothic Wars, v, 14"Stop quoting laws to us. We carry swords."Plutarch, Life of Pompey, x,
2CONTENTS
A Note on Names and the Hours of the Roman Day MapPart One RIOTPart Two ROADPart Three REX?Part Four RINGAuthor's NoteA Note on Namesand the Hours of th
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