The Topography of Athens: With Some Remarks on Its Antiquities, المجلد 1author, & sold, 1841 |
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... Roman conquerors 2 . The military importance of Athens expired at once with the destruction of the Peiraic fortifica- tions by Sylla . Accumulation of capital , the attach- ment of commerce to an accustomed route , and commercial ...
... Roman conquerors 2 . The military importance of Athens expired at once with the destruction of the Peiraic fortifica- tions by Sylla . Accumulation of capital , the attach- ment of commerce to an accustomed route , and commercial ...
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... Romans , who , from the period of the conquest of Corinth and Carthage ' , had applied themselves with a rapidly increasing ardour to Grecian arts and literature , and who , from that time , treated Athens with a filial respect and ...
... Romans , who , from the period of the conquest of Corinth and Carthage ' , had applied themselves with a rapidly increasing ardour to Grecian arts and literature , and who , from that time , treated Athens with a filial respect and ...
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... Roman pro- vince , beyond that of confirming the authority of the Roman proconsul over the city , than which nothing could be more conducive to its advantage ; for it is probably to a similar control over the democracy of Athens , that ...
... Roman pro- vince , beyond that of confirming the authority of the Roman proconsul over the city , than which nothing could be more conducive to its advantage ; for it is probably to a similar control over the democracy of Athens , that ...
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... Roman emperors . Hadrian and Septimius Severus visited Athens , while they were yet in a private station . They were ... Romans , the Rhodians , and 24 INTRODUCTION .
... Roman emperors . Hadrian and Septimius Severus visited Athens , while they were yet in a private station . They were ... Romans , the Rhodians , and 24 INTRODUCTION .
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With Some Remarks on Its Antiquities William Martin Leake. in alliance with the Romans , the Rhodians , and the first Attalus of Pergamus ' , this monarch visited Athens , and presented some dedications in the Acropolis . In gratitude to ...
With Some Remarks on Its Antiquities William Martin Leake. in alliance with the Romans , the Rhodians , and the first Attalus of Pergamus ' , this monarch visited Athens , and presented some dedications in the Acropolis . In gratitude to ...
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الصفحة 24 - ... under Cratippus. (See Officia, lib. i. cap. 1 .) ' No other city ever enjoyed her fortune in the prosperity which attended her so long after the loss of her political importance. Even the respect which has been paid to Rome, since the decline of her temporal power, is but a feeble representation of that enjoyed by Athens during five centuries, among all the nations into which Grecian civilization had penetrated. We cannot have a stronger proof of this fact than that the most remarkable buildings...
الصفحة 83 - ... there happened another great fire, which increasing upon the fuel of the houses and the continual playing of our bombs, endured so furious all that day and the next night, that the enemy, astonished to see their houses and their goods consumed, and their families...
الصفحة 165 - Areiopagus with that rocky height which is separated only from the western end pague' of the Acropolis by a hollow, forming a communication between the northern and southern divisions of the ancient site, is found in the words of Pausanias, indicating that proximity ' ; in the remark of Herodotus, that it was a height over-against the Acropolis, from whence the Persians assailed the western end of the Acropolis...
الصفحة 187 - ... site of the Dionysiac theatre is indicated by the hollow, and a few other remains, which are observable at the south-eastern end of the Acropolis. We have a strong confirmation of the identity of these remains in an ancient coin of Athens '. This curious medal represents the great Athenian theatre viewed from below. Its proscenium and cavea are distinctly seen : its gradation of seats, interrupted by one diazoma, or lateral corridor of communication ; and even the cunei, or separations, formed...
الصفحة 83 - ... were landed, which were easily brought to the batteries that were raising, because the way was smooth and level, and but six miles in length. On the...
الصفحة 198 - Academy and its plane trees remarkable for their luxuriant growth, made the air unhealthy. They still cause the spot to be one of the most advantageous situations near Athens for the growth of fruit and pot-herbs, and maintain a certain degree of verdure when all the surrounding plain is parched with the heat of summer.
الصفحة 335 - In the Parthenon, whether viewed at a small or at a great distance, there was nothing to divert the spectator's contemplation from the simplicity and majesty of mass and outline, which forms the first and most remarkable object of admiration in a Greek temple...
الصفحة 11 - Athens were under the necessity of giving up to her the future conduct of the war, now become exclusively naval. By these means the Athenians acquired an increasing command over the resources of the greater part of the islands, as well as of the colonies on the coasts of Asia, Macedonia, and Thrace ; and thus, at the very moment when the destruction of their city rendered it necessary for them to renew all their principal buildings, fortune gave them sufficient means both to maintain their ascendency...
الصفحة 315 - The western end of the Acropolis," says this writer, "which furnished the only access to the summit of the hill, presented a breadth of only 168 feet — an opening so narrow that it appeared practicable to the artists of Pericles to fill up the space with a single building, which, in serving the main purpose of a gateway, should contribute at once to fortify and adorn the citadel. This work...