History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . wX lives dearly. They were only destroyed hy huniiiig the villagesin Avhich thev had taken ^ Ih, Villaiivs. i Fmli,. 11:, ; 1 11>. i The war had bt^en wa<i(;d on both sides without mercy. The NEKVA AND TUAJAN, 9G TO 117 ( (0 report had been circulated in the legions that the J)acians deliveredover the Konuin captives to their -women, that tliey might put themto death by torture. Trajans architect liad also, upon the column,represented in the act of s
History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians; . wX lives dearly. They were only destroyed hy huniiiig the villagesin Avhich thev had taken ^ Ih, Villaiivs. i Fmli,. 11:, ; 1 11>. i The war had bt^en wa<i(;d on both sides without mercy. The NEKVA AND TUAJAN, 9G TO 117 ( (0 report had been circulated in the legions that the J)acians deliveredover the Konuin captives to their -women, that tliey might put themto death by torture. Trajans architect liad also, upon the column,represented in the act of shiying the prisoners. In rearingthis monument, which has servedas a model for all triumphalcolumns, the Greek Apolh^dorushas renounced the genius of hisrace, which wouhl ha^?e requiredidealized art ; but he has oheyedthat genius of Rome ^^hi(?h tindsgratification in reality and has reproduced all tlie inci-dents of these two campaigns :the tiekl-works of the soldiers,their weapons, tlieir costume, andthat of their adversaries ; onebeholds there even the medicalservice of the legion in operation-But let us not complain at this :in this severe marble epic onemay read, not on
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