[The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) by Theodor Mommsen]@TWC D-Link bookThe History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) CHAPTER II 35/36
init.); in old Greek formulas the procreation of children is called -- arotos--( ii. The Family and the State, note); indeed the oldest Roman formof marriage, -confarreatio-, derives its name and its ceremony from the cultivation of corn.
The use of the plough in the founding of cities is well known. 8.
Among the oldest names of weapons on both sides scarcely any can be shown to be certainly related; -lancea-, although doubtless connected with -logchei-, is, as a Roman word, recent, and perhaps borrowed from the Germans or Spaniards. 9.
Even in details this agreement appears; e.g., in the designation of lawful wedlock as "marriage concluded for the obtaining of lawful children" (-- gauos epi paidon gneision aroto--, -matrimonium liberorum quaerendorum causa-). 10.
Only we must, of course, not forget that like pre-existing conditions lead everywhere to like institutions.
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