Word: romanized
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Smith's "Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities...
...individual trophies for the members of last year's Yale crew have been completed and distributed. They are in the form of a cigar cutter, of Roman gold. On one side, in bas-relief, is a raised facsimile of the flags won in the race. Lying across the flags are represented an oar and rudder. On the reverse side is the following inscription: "1889, Yale versus Harvard, won by Yale." Then follows the name of the owner of the trophy, and his position in the boat. They are the most artistic trophies that have ever been given...
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Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 4 vols...
...study of Greek science and philosophy; the Arabs in their turn planted schools of philosophy in Spain which became centers of illumination for medieval Europe. The Jews have been in the front rank of commerce and culture ever since they were driven from their land by the Romans in the first century of the era; they have shown, as they have shown today a surprising power of accepting and pushing the ideas of the people among whom they dwell. It is by the combination and interaction of great national cultures that the civilization of the world has advanced; Christianity itself...