Ancient legends of Roman history . TEMPLE OF VESTA. ANCIENT RELIEF. THE CAPITOL THE CRITICAL METHOD 13 the most ancient source of Roman history. Such songswere already lost in the times of Cato and Thosestill extant in the time of Dionysius were not strictly his-torical. They were, at times, sacred and religious the ancients did truly sing the deeds of Coriolanus, itmust not be forgotten that they similarly recounted thedeeds of Romulus and If, moreover, the con-vivial songs known to Cato had been preserved, the gainfor the true history of Rome would have been meagr
Ancient legends of Roman history . TEMPLE OF VESTA. ANCIENT RELIEF. THE CAPITOL THE CRITICAL METHOD 13 the most ancient source of Roman history. Such songswere already lost in the times of Cato and Thosestill extant in the time of Dionysius were not strictly his-torical. They were, at times, sacred and religious the ancients did truly sing the deeds of Coriolanus, itmust not be forgotten that they similarly recounted thedeeds of Romulus and If, moreover, the con-vivial songs known to Cato had been preserved, the gainfor the true history of Rome would have been meagreindeed. History exists only when there are limitations oftime and space. All the valuable and abundant data re-garding the Homeric epic have not in themselves beencapable of establishing more than vague and uncertaintheories regarding the historic contents of the poem. A comprehensive study of Roman history proves thatthe true and great development of the Roman people beganonly towards the middle of the fifth century. It suddenlyasserted itself as the result of
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