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A Sham Sepulchre in Rome, & three more at home (& a detour to Brussels)
A Sham Sepulchre in Rome, & three more at home (& a detour to Brussels)
The fact that a building in the Albano hills above Rome has been known since the 18th century as the ‘so called’ mausoleum of the Horatii and Curiatii speaks volumes: it was in fact constructed on the Appian Way centuries after the legendary rival Horatii and Curiatii triplets are said to have battled for their pride and people. But the legend and the sham sepulchre must have made an impression:…
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#Appian Way#chateau d&039;Attre#CIVA Brussels#Grand Tour#Horatii and Curiatti#John Aislabie#Launceston#Laurent Benoit Dewez#Marie Therese du Toict#Norborne Berkeley#Rome#Sir William Morice#Stoke Park#Studley#Thomas Wright#Waleffes#Werrington
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The bigger they are the harder they fall
FRIENDS AND FOES
BOOKS OR TRADITIONS
STORIES; BUT HE
LIVY AND DIONYSIUS
RHODES OR ATHENS
MARCH FOR ROME
SIMPLICITY AND LIVELINESS
MATERIALS FOR THEIR
COUNSEL HOW THEY
NONE BUT HE
NIGHT AND DAY
JURISTS AND STATESMEN
TEETH AND SKULL
EVENING AND MORN
POEM THEREFORE IMAGES
GRATITUDE FOR THEIR
AMAZONS AND BACCHANALS
MUSTER AND INSPECTION
WAR FOR ITS
TIMES BEFORE HE
HORATII AND CURIATTI
PATRICIANS; FOR HE
ELFLEDA AND ELFRIDA
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