The details of the scheme can be arithmetically traced for every reign except that of the second Tarquin, the period of which, Niebuhr thinks, ' may perhaps have been ' historical.' Thus the reigns of Numa and Romulus were defined by the heroic secle... Analysis of Roman history - 25. lappuseautors: William C. Pearce - 1873Pilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
| 1867 - 620 lapas
...the second Tarquin, the period of which, Niebuhr thinks, ' may perhaps have been ' historical.' Thus the reigns of Numa and Romulus were defined by the...account is extended to 81 years, the biquadrate of 3. On this chronology Niebuhr trenchantly remarks that it is ' throughout a * forgery and a fiction.'... | |
| 1872 - 606 lapas
...Romulus and Numa together make up the heroic secle of 77 years, 37 of these being given to the former, because these with the one year of interregnum made up the 38 nundines of the cyclical year. The curious reader may, if he pleases, trace out further this Chinese puzzle in the pages of Niebuhr,... | |
| George William Cox - 1874 - 690 lapas
...that of the second Tarquinius, the period of which, Niebuhr thinks, may have been historical. Thus the reigns of Numa and Romulus were defined by the...account is extended to 81 years, the bi-quadrate of 3. On this chronology Niebuhr trenchantly remarks that it is, ' throughout, a forgery and a fiction."... | |
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