 | Barthold Georg Niebuhr - 1852 - 482 lapas
...the Capitol by storm, having observed that the messenger from Veii had ascended the rock, and came down again near the Porta Carmentalis, below Araceli....of a storm on that side ; it may be, that formerly in that part there had been a wall, which had become decayed; and in southern countries an abundant... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne, Rossiter Johnson - 1905 - 452 lapas
...the Gauls, opposed them, under the command of Camillus ; the Etruscans would seem to have endeavored to avail themselves of the opportunity of recovering...abundant vegetation always springs up between the stones, and if this had actually been neglected it cannot have been very difficult to climb up. The... | |
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Quirinal ; and the astonished Gauls are said to have done him no harm — a tradition which is not improbable. The provisions in the Capitol were exhausted, but the Gauls themselves being seized with epidemic diseases became tired of their conquests,... 