The National Magazine: Devoted to Literature, Art, and Religion, Volume 10Abel Stevens, James Floy Carlton & Phillips, 1857 |
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... Tibur of the ancient Ro- mans , is situated at the distance of about eighteen miles from Rome , upon an ele vated plateau of the Sabine Hills . 1 have in a former article mentioned the Sabine and Volscian Hills as forming coasts to the ...
... Tibur of the ancient Ro- mans , is situated at the distance of about eighteen miles from Rome , upon an ele vated plateau of the Sabine Hills . 1 have in a former article mentioned the Sabine and Volscian Hills as forming coasts to the ...
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... Tibur , so often re- ferred to by the Latin poets , has an an- tiquity of nearly five hundred years greater than Rome , and was in the early history of the Eternal City its powerful rival . Virgil calls it superbum Tibur . Its en ...
... Tibur , so often re- ferred to by the Latin poets , has an an- tiquity of nearly five hundred years greater than Rome , and was in the early history of the Eternal City its powerful rival . Virgil calls it superbum Tibur . Its en ...
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... Tibur , and for centuries after , its marbles were burned into lime by the Romans , and its columns of porphyry taken to Rome to ornament other edifices . The works of art of the most precious description , which have been from time to ...
... Tibur , and for centuries after , its marbles were burned into lime by the Romans , and its columns of porphyry taken to Rome to ornament other edifices . The works of art of the most precious description , which have been from time to ...
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