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Word: pompilius (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...savages." In the end, the Roman senators grow tired of old Romulus' tricks, and of his sanctimoniousness; they surround him in a fog and hack him to pieces (Duggan discards the legend that Romulus ascended to heaven in a cloud). The novel ends with the gentle Sabine Numa Pompilius taking over the vacant throne of the young city in 715 B.C. Prolific Author Duggan has a legion of books and some 1,200 years of Roman history still awaiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Not Built in a Day | 9/28/1959 | See Source »

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