Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous |
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Already deeply impressed by ancient Greek civilisation , Rome preferred to work through its characteristic unit of the city and its leading citizens . Rome tinkered with the cities ' constitutions to establish oligarchy and to eliminate ...
Already deeply impressed by ancient Greek civilisation , Rome preferred to work through its characteristic unit of the city and its leading citizens . Rome tinkered with the cities ' constitutions to establish oligarchy and to eliminate ...
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For already , stirred by the passage of the living Olympios among them , the cities of Greece had seized upon this holy place as the centre of their common aspirations and identity . As tokens of this , they had begun to deluge the ...
For already , stirred by the passage of the living Olympios among them , the cities of Greece had seized upon this holy place as the centre of their common aspirations and identity . As tokens of this , they had begun to deluge the ...
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Already , however , the forces of rapid destruction were at work . In the theatre the chalk oven ' of the barbarians ' was already burning the limestone ( of which the city was chiefly built ) and marble to powder .
Already , however , the forces of rapid destruction were at work . In the theatre the chalk oven ' of the barbarians ' was already burning the limestone ( of which the city was chiefly built ) and marble to powder .
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Scandal of the centuries | 1 |
Antinous the young Greek c 11023 | 15 |
Hadrian the Roman Emperor 76123 | 33 |
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