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APPIAN (Gr. 'Aairtavbs)

APPIAN (Gr. 'Aairtavbs) , of See also:

Alexandria, See also:

ROMAN

Roman historian, flourished during the reigns of See also:

TRAJAN [MARCUS ULPIUS TRAJANUS] (A. D. 53-117)

Trajan, See also:

HADRIAN (PUBLICS AELIUS HADRIANUS)

Hadrian and See also:

ANTONINUS, SAINT ANTONIO PIEROZZI

Antoninus See also:

PIUS

Pius. He tells us that, after having filled the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief offices in his native See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, he repaired to See also:

Rome, where he practised as an See also:

ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate. When advanced in years, he obtained, by the See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good offices of his friend See also:

FRONTO, MARCUS CORNELIUS (c. A.D. 100–170)

Fronto, the dignity of imperial procurator—it is supposed in See also:

EGYPT

Egypt. His See also:

WORK

work (`Pw,uatKh) in twenty-four books, written in See also:

Greek, is rather a number of monographs than a connected See also:

HISTORY

history. It gives an See also:

account of various peoples and countries from the earliest times down to their See also:

INCORPORATION (from Lat. incorporare, to form into a body)

incorporation into the Roman See also:

EMPIRE

empire. Besides a See also:

PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface, there are extant eleven See also:

COMPLETE

complete books and considerable fragments. In spite of its unattractive See also:

style, the work is very valuable, especially for the See also:

period of the See also:

CIVIL

civil See also:

WARS

wars. Editio princeps, 1551; See also:

SCHWEIGHAUSER, JOHANN (1742–1830)

Schweighauser, 1785; See also:

Bekker, 1852; Mendelssohn, 1878-1905. See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

TRANSLATIONS

translations: by W. B., 1578 (See also:

black See also:

LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter); J. D[avies], 1679; H.

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White, 1899 (See also:

BOHN, HENRY GEORGE (1796-1884)

Bohn's Classical Library) ; bk. i. ed. by J. L. See also:

STRACHAN, JOHN (1778–1867)

Strachan-See also:

Davidson, 1902.

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