Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1J. Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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Page vii
... Roman Præto- rium - Saracenic Fort , " Il Castello di Mahrietto " -Compendious History of Syracuse .... 37 CHAPTER ... Romans - Small Harbour and Vestiges of Buildings - House of Archimedes - Capuchin Convent - Beautiful Gardens in a ...
... Roman Præto- rium - Saracenic Fort , " Il Castello di Mahrietto " -Compendious History of Syracuse .... 37 CHAPTER ... Romans - Small Harbour and Vestiges of Buildings - House of Archimedes - Capuchin Convent - Beautiful Gardens in a ...
Page xii
... Romans --- Acropolis --- Religious Ceremonies in the Greek Church --- Present from the old Albanian Governor --- Departure from Arta --- Canal of Luro --- Journey over the Molossian Hills --- Han of five Wells ---- First View of and ...
... Romans --- Acropolis --- Religious Ceremonies in the Greek Church --- Present from the old Albanian Governor --- Departure from Arta --- Canal of Luro --- Journey over the Molossian Hills --- Han of five Wells ---- First View of and ...
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... Romans under the administration of the infamous Verres : these , or some of these advantages might have remained to our unfortunate allies at the conclusion of the war , whereas that constitution , so beautiful in theory , which rose at ...
... Romans under the administration of the infamous Verres : these , or some of these advantages might have remained to our unfortunate allies at the conclusion of the war , whereas that constitution , so beautiful in theory , which rose at ...
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... Roman conquests , and the anarchy to which it is , in some measure , a constant prey , is the accumulated evil of many centuries . Though in later times its inhabitants have not , indeed , suffered those revolting cruelties of tyranny ...
... Roman conquests , and the anarchy to which it is , in some measure , a constant prey , is the accumulated evil of many centuries . Though in later times its inhabitants have not , indeed , suffered those revolting cruelties of tyranny ...
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... Roman army was encamped during the siege of Agrigentum , in the first Punic war , when after various success it fell into the hands of the Romans . It is conjectured by some to have been one of those monuments which the Agrigentines ...
... Roman army was encamped during the siege of Agrigentum , in the first Punic war , when after various success it fell into the hands of the Romans . It is conjectured by some to have been one of those monuments which the Agrigentines ...
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