The Illustrated History of Rome And the Roman Empire
The book The Illustrated History of Rome And the Roman Empire was written by author Keightley, Thomas, 1789-1872. [from Old Catalog] Here you can read free online of The Illustrated History of Rome And the Roman Empire book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Illustrated History of Rome And the Roman Empire a good or bad book?
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He threw open his gardens, the Campus Martins, and the monuments of Agrippa to the sufferers ; he caused supplies of all kinds to be fetched from Antium aiid other places, and he reduced the price of corn considerably. All he could do, however, would not remove the suspicion that the city had been tired by his own orders. It was said that he longed for an opportunity of rebuilding it with more of regularity and beauty ; and it was asserted that, while the fire was raging, he asceiided a tower i...n the gardens of Maecenas in his scenic dress, and, charmed with what he termed "the beauty of the flame," snng to his lyre The Taking of Ilium. He caused the Sibylline books to be con- sulted, and, in obedience to them, supplications to be made to various deities ; he spared no expense in the rebuilding of the city; and when all would not avail to clear him, he laid the guilt on the innocent. The members of the society named Christians, which had arisen some years before in Judaea, were now numerous at Rome.
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