10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIRCENSIAN»
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circensian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Description of the circus on the Via Appia, near Rome, with ...
... xxix., lib. xii. I have, therefore, used the expression the Editor " gave the order,"
&c, in preference to " gave the signal for starting." E seat conveniently. Besides
being a very conspicuous object in the AND OF THE CIRCENSIAN GAMES. 49.
2
The Confessions of Saint Augustine:
to. Reformation. His. Friend. Alypius,. Seized. with. Madness. for. the. Circensian.
Games. 11. These things we, who lived like friends together, jointly deplored, but
chiefly andmostfamiliarly didI discussthem with Alypiusand Nebridius,ofwhom ...
St. Augustine, Wyatt North, 2014
3
The Numismatic Chronicle
To Neptune, the founder of the Circensian games. Eckhel's :— Obv. IMP. NERVA
CAES. AVG. P. M. TRP. COS. HIT. ile».NEPTVNO CIRCENSES RESTITIT. To
Neptune. The Circensian games restored. Ashby quotes Dion Cassius to shew
that ...
4
The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society
NEPTVNO CIRCENS CONSTITVTori. To Neptune, the founder of the Circensian
games. Eckhel's :— Obv. IMP. NERVA CAES. AVG. P. M. TRP. COS. I1II. Rev.
NEPTVNO CIRCENSES RESTITIT. To Neptune. The Circensian games restored.
5
The Heathen Religion in Its Popular and Symbolical Development
They were celebrated with Circensian sports four days together." * * The
Circensian games were performed in the circus at Rome. They were dedicated to
the god ConSus, and were first instituted by Romulus at the rape of the Sabines.
But as the reputed Campensian obelisk was certainly cut by Psametek, and not
by Sesostris, so the reputed minor Circensian obelisk (the Flaminian) was as
certainly cut or finished byAmon-me-Ramses, the true Sesostris, whose name is
the ...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, 1834
7
The History of the Church of Christ from the Days of the ...
The torrent of fashion at the latter place, hurried him into the Circensian games, of
which he became extravagantly fond. I was vexed to see him give into a taste so
destructive of all sobriety and prudence in youth, and cannot but take notice of ...
8
The Mythology and Fables of the Ancients, Explain'd from History
Of the Circensian Games. Tho' by the Circensian Games we are to understand
only the Combats, the Races, and other Exercises that were performed in the
Places known by the Name of Circus, which had been raised for the
Representation ...
Banier (M. l'abbé, Antoine), 1740
9
The History of the Church of Christ: Edited on the Plan and ...
The former, my townsman, had studied under me both at Tagasta and at
Carthage, and we were very dear to each other. The torrent of fashion at the latter
place hurried him into the Circensian games, of which he became extravagantly
fond.
Joseph Milner, Isaac Milner, 1827
10
A general and bibliographical dictionary of the fine arts
Although the people from all parts of Greece assembled at the Olympic games,
they were in no degree so sumptuous and stately as the circensian gamet of the
Romans. They had neither so many combatants nor spectators, nor was the
place ...
