. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . r the command of theconsuls, directed in times of peril by one will, and always under Since tbe war diivino; which the Sabine Attus Clausiis settled at Koine (see p. , n. ]),there was no indepsndent Sabine town nearer Rome than It was not taken till Dionys. v. 20, he says, according to tlie census-lists. 180 ItUMK INDKi; Tin; IATItK IAN ( (>xi-ollout (lisripliiir. Tlianks li> tlic cnuccntratinu of tlicir forces,tlu Eomaus avovc mIiIc to attciul safely to thei
. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . r the command of theconsuls, directed in times of peril by one will, and always under Since tbe war diivino; which the Sabine Attus Clausiis settled at Koine (see p. , n. ]),there was no indepsndent Sabine town nearer Rome than It was not taken till Dionys. v. 20, he says, according to tlie census-lists. 180 ItUMK INDKi; Tin; IATItK IAN ( (>xi-ollout (lisripliiir. Tlianks li> tlic cnuccntratinu of tlicir forces,tlu Eomaus avovc mIiIc to attciul safely to their internal disputes;for. tliniig-li thev exjiended in their lH)riun the eueriiv Mhich tlieyshould have transferred more adxantageoiisly to fields of battle,vet thev Avere too strong to lie overwhelmed hy any enemy whomight attack them—a serious war always bringing back union, andwith it invincible jxiwer. Ihus they never ceased having c(mti-dence in their good fortune; from the earliest days of the republicthev had raised a temple to Hope. Their enemies Mere above all the ^Equians and TiisfuluiM. --Present .-laU- (.sh,- p. | ^founlaineers, pooi and fond of pillaging, always threatenhig andvet inaccessible, lo-day in the jdaiu burning the crops, to-morrowstrongly entrenched or hidden among the mountains, the ^-Ecpiians?were, if ncjt the most dangerous, yed more alaim, had they HISTOKV or lidME FKOJl 4!.»-J TO 4ol. 18: not btou divided into a luultitnde of small tribes, whieh nevei-united either for attack or defence, and showed neitlicr plan n^rperseverance in their expedititins. \\-hich tlii impatience of some,and the sluggishness of others generally foiled. This state ofdivision; the want of a capital, tlie loss of which might bv oneblow end the struggle ; as well as the nature of the eouutry,intersected with mountains and marshes, shouldhave made the war iuterminalile. With suchenemies there was no other wav of fini
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