Romans

Examples

• Whenever he met the Romans in open fight he beat them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Greeks derived their musical instruments from the Egyptians, and the Romans borrowed theirs from the Greeks, but neither the Greeks nor the Romans invented any. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• There was no such settling down behind a final frontier on the part of the Chinese as we see in the case of the Romans at the Rhine and Danube. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Grape juice mixed with millet ferments quickly and strongly, and the Romans learned to use this mixture for bread raising, kneading a very small amount of it through the dough. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The Greeks were conquered by the Romans in 146 B.C,but before tha t time Roman life and institutions had been touched by Hellenic culture. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• We know that the Romans and other ancient peoples had their hydraulic cements, and the plaster on some of their walls stands to-day to attest its good quality. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• So rude was the native culture of the Romans that it is doubtful whether they had any schools before the advent of Greek learning. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The Romans, for example, never had needles comparable to those of the Magdalenian epoch. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But among the Romans there was nothing which corresponded to the musical education of the Greeks. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• This the Romans besieged, and a period of trench warfare ensued. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Romans came out upon the sea, and to the astonishment of the Carthaginians and themselves defeated the Carthaginian fleet. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• At the battle of Myl? (260 B.C.) the Romans gained their first naval victory and captured or destroyed fifty vessels. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• True it called itself Roman and its people Romans, and to this day modern Greek is called Romaic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The same unimaginative quality made the Romans leave the seaways of the Mediterranean undeveloped. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This the Romans did by giving to two days in leap-year the same name; t hus the sixth day before the first of March was repeated, and leap-year was known as a bissextile year. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.

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