Excerpt from The Manners and Customs of the Romans
It is highly probable that they did not invent the fable of the divine extraction of Romulus and Remus, till long after their time; for it would have gained very little credit with their cotemporaries.
It is not easy to believe, that the Romans formed their system for aggrandizing themselves in these weak beginnings: Or did the example of their founder, solely intent upon extending his little territory, inspire them with that idea? It is probable, that his maxims founded in good policy, seemed to those who introduced the republican government highly proper for seconding their ambitious scheme, which Romulus first designed, and his successors had neglected. The latter acting only according to their different geniusses and particular views, did not enter into a plan of policy, that was not fully unravelled and perfectly understood till under the Commonwealth. For omitting to tread in the steps of Romulus, they formed, during the space of two hundred and forty years, only a very small state, like the rest of the little states of Italy. Perhaps also the Romans partly owed their system for aggrandizing their empire to the high hopes, which their augurs, and auspices had made them conceive from the foundation of Rome for they promised them no less than the empire of the world, which they assured them was to be of eternal duration.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Manners and Customs of the Romans (Classic Reprint) (Le Fevre de Morsan)