...definitely guilty, they might be appeased by one who voluntarily gave himself up (ticvovcre se) ; and noxious chasms in the ground were closed, and battles...presented to the gods. If acts of this nature are to ba called human sacrifices, then such sacrifices belonged to lhe essence of the Latin faith ; but we...

...in the ground were closed, and battles half lost were converted into victories, when a bran buigess threw himself as an expiatory offering into the abyss...or upon the foe. The " sacred spring " was based on • similar view ; all the offspring whether of cattle or of men within a specified period were presented...

...in the ground were closed, and battles half-lost were converted into victories, when a brave citizen threw himself as an expiatory offering into the abyss, or upon the foe." Mommsen : Rome, I. xii. Mommsen adds that the compulsory substitution of the innocent for the guilty,...

...in the ground were closed, and battles half lost were converted into victories, when a bran buigess threw himself as an expiatory offering into the abyss or upon the foe. The " sacred spring " was based ou ft similar view ; all the offspring whether of cattle or of men within a specified period were presented...

...laid hold of as definitely guilty, 276 they might be appeased by one who voluntarily gave himself up ; noxious chasms in the ground were closed, and battles...within a specified period were presented to the gods." This was no doubt a sacrifice in view of the removal of a calamity, and at first, no doubt, all infants...

...voluntarily gave himself up (devovere se); noxious chasms in the ground were closed, and battles half tost were converted into victories, when a brave burgess...called human sacrifices, then such sacrifices belonged to^tfie essence of the Latin faith ; but we are bound to add that, far back as our view reaches into...