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Total number of records: 65

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	65
English Literature	65

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
pharsalus, battle of, 48 b.c	9
epic poetry, latin	3
history, ancient	3
emperors	2
germanic peoples	2
political science	2
roman emperors	2
art, greek	1
britons	1
classical biography	1

Count of Place

Place	Count
Rome	63
Greece	6
Gaul	2
Rome (Italy)	2
Athens (Greece)	1
Egypt	1
Italy	1
Pharsalus, Battle of, 48 B.C	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Lucan (39-65)	10
Livy	7
May, Thomas (1595-1650)	7
Cicero, Marcus Tullius	6
Florus, Lucius Annaeus	5
May, Thomas	5
Rowe, Nicholas	4
Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)	4
Wellwood, James	4
Wellwood, James (1652-1727)	4

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1500	1
From 1600	33
From 1700	31

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1699	34
Up to 1799	31

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Herodian's history of his own times : or, of the Roman empire after Marcus, translated into English. With large notes, explaining the most remarkable customs, ceremonies, offices, &c., among the Romans. To which is prefix'd, an introduction, giving a short account of the Roman state from its first origin, to the time where Herodian's history commences; and an appendix added, containing the most memorable transactions under the subsequent Emperors to the reign of Constantine the Great. With a chronological table, and a copious index. The whole design'd as a compendium both of the history and antiquities of Rome

Herodian; Hart, Joseph (1712?-1768)

1749

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The Romane historie

Livy; Holland, Philemon (1552-1637); Florus, Lucius Annæus; Marliani, Giovanni Bartolomeo (1560)

1600

The first edition in English. This was the first of Holland's translations to be published. [A]⁶ B-6F⁶ (lacks A1 and 6F6, both blank). The pagination jumps from 804 to 809 and from 1351 to 1...

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The Roman history (v.1)

Livy

1744-1745

Translated into English by several hands. Titlepages of vol. 4-6 read, 'The Roman history by Titus Livius; with the Supplement of John Freinsheim;..' and have imprint "Printed by James Bettenham, an...

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The Roman history (v.2)

Livy

1744-1745

Translated into English by several hands. Titlepages of vol. 4-6 read, 'The Roman history by Titus Livius; with the Supplement of John Freinsheim;..' and have imprint "Printed by James Bettenham, an...

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The Roman history (v.3)

Livy

1744-1745

Translated into English by several hands. Titlepages of vol. 4-6 read, 'The Roman history by Titus Livius; with the Supplement of John Freinsheim;..' and have imprint "Printed by James Bettenham, an...

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The Roman history (v.4)

Livy

1744-1745

Translated into English by several hands. Titlepages of vol. 4-6 read, 'The Roman history by Titus Livius; with the Supplement of John Freinsheim;..' and have imprint "Printed by James Bettenham, an...

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The Roman history (v.5)

Livy

1744-1745

Translated into English by several hands. Titlepages of vol. 4-6 read, 'The Roman history by Titus Livius; with the Supplement of John Freinsheim;..' and have imprint "Printed by James Bettenham, an...

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The Roman history (v.6)

Livy

1744-1745

Translated into English by several hands. Titlepages of vol. 4-6 read, 'The Roman history by Titus Livius; with the Supplement of John Freinsheim;..' and have imprint "Printed by James Bettenham, an...

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The Roman historie : containing such acts and occurrents as passed under Constantius, Iulianus, Iovianus, Valentinianus, and Valens, emperours

Ammianus Marcellinus; Holland, Philemon (1552-1637)

1609

P.113 wrongly numbered 115, p.115 numbered 105.

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The history of Appian of Alexandria : in two parts. The first consisting of the Punick, Syrian, Pathian, Mithridatick, Illyrian, Spanish, & Hannibalick, wars. The second containing five books of the civil wars of Rome

Appianus, of Alexandria; Davies, John (1625-1693)

1679

The first edition. Booklist of John Amery (1 p.) at end.

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The history of the revolutions that happened in the government of the Roman Republic (v.1)

Vertot abbé de (1655-1735); Ozell, John (1743)

1720

With a frontispiece and a final leaf of errata in vol.1; vol.2 has half-title conjugate with title-leaf, but no frontispiece.

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The history of the revolutions that happened in the government of the Roman Republic (v.2)

Vertot abbé de (1655-1735); Ozell, John (1743)

1720

With a frontispiece and a final leaf of errata in vol.1; vol.2 has half-title conjugate with title-leaf, but no frontispiece.