The boy travellers in southern Europe : adventures of two youths in a journey through Italy, southern France, and Spain, with visits to Gibraltar and the islands of Sicily and Malta (1893)
Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 304
ordownward. If the thumb was held upward, it indicated that the life ofthe vanquished man should be spared; if downward, he was to be slain. What was the decision usually, as far as you know from history ? AN ANCIENT MEMORIAL. 283 To the discredit of human nature, it must be said that it was… … ARCH OF TITUS—TRIUMPHAL CAR AND PROCESSION. 284 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE. thirsty and cruel as the men; there were exceptional cases, but thismust be set down as the general rule. Who were the gladiators ? Mary asked; that is, what kind ofmen were they ? Were they soldiers, or…
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