The Doomed City - Couverture souple

Carling, John R

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0548655723 ISBN 13 : 9780548655726

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2007

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Syrian shore as Crispus, with a quick, swinging pace, trod the well-paced road that led southwards to the stately city of Cassarea, the Roman capital of Judaea. Evidently he loved the exercise of walking, since, had it pleased him to do so, he could have ridden, for at a respectable distance there followed, led by a couple of slaves, his two-horsed rheda, a traveling-car of sculptured bronze, provided with a leathern hood and silken awnings, and containing such necessary luggage (aptly named impedimenta by the Romans) as a man of simple tastes would require on a long journey. Crispus, whose age was perhaps twenty-five years, had a powerful yet graceful figure, eyes of a deep gray, crisp hair of a bronzed hue, and a handsome face, as clear cut as if sculptured from marble, a face whose pure complexion spoke of pure living a raro virtue in that age! a face whose keen, ardent look gave promise that its owner was one born to achieve distinction, if indeed he had not already achieved it. An antique Roman, one would say on seeing him, since he still adhered to the wearing of the stately toga, which in the first century was fast becoming superseded by the Grecian tunic; moreover, the ring on his finger was not of gold, but of iron, in accordance with ancient usage.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0548655723
• ISBN 13: 9780548655726
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Forestier A
• Nombre de pages: 388
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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