 | John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1818 - 396 pages
...were in possession of the fortress in 1312, and the German army of Henry VII. marched from Rome,§ attacked, took, and burnt it, but were unable to make...of the Colonna, and who was to keep it until a sum of 20,000 marks due to the emperor had been discharged by the dispossessed baron. The Gaetani family... | |
 | William Brockedon - 1833 - 356 pages
...family "were in possession of the fortress in 1312, and the German army of Henry VII. marched from Rome, attacked, took, and burnt it, but were unable to make...of the Colonna, and who was to keep it until a sum of 20,000 marks due to the emperor had been disTOMB OF CECILIA METELLA. charged by the dispossessed... | |
 | William Brockedon - 1833 - 332 pages
...fortress in 1312, and the German army of Henry VII. marched from Rome, attacked, took, and burnt it, hut were unable to make themselves by force masters of...Savelli, who had married one of the Colonna, and who wa« to keep it until a sum of 20,000 marks due to the emperor had been disTOMB OF CECILIA METELLA.... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1848 - 512 pages
...family were in possession of the fortress in 1312, and the German army of Henry VII., marched from Rome, attacked, took, and burnt it, but were unable to make...which must give us a high notion of its strength or their weakness."* The tomb of Caius Cestius, stands near the ancient gate, now called St. Paul's Gate.... | |
 | John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1859 - 394 pages
...note. This, howsession of the fortress in 1312, and the German army of Henry VII. marched from Rome,* attacked, took, and burnt it, but were unable to make...of the Colonna, and who was to keep it until a sum of 20,000 marks, due to the Emperor, had been discharged by the dispossessed baron. The Gaetani family... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1899 - 592 pages
...family were in possession of the fortress in 1312, and the German army of Henry VII. marched from Rome, attacked, took, and burnt it, but were unable to make...themselves, by force, masters of the citadel — that is, the tomb." The " fence of stone " refers to the quadrangular basement of concrete, on which the circular... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1899 - 594 pages
...family were in possession of the fortress in 1312, and the German army of Henry VII. marched from Rome, attacked, took, and burnt it, but were unable to make...themselves, by force, masters of the citadel — that is, the tomb." The " fence of stone " refers to the quadrangular basement of concrete, on which the circular... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1922 - 584 pages
...family were in possession of the fortress in 1312, and the German army of Henry VII. marched from Rome, attacked, took, and burnt it, but were unable to make...themselves, by force, masters of the citadel — that is, the tomb." The " fence of stone " refers to the quadrangular basement of concrete, on which the circular... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1907 - 1376 pages
...family were in possession of the fortress in 1312, and the German army of Henry VII, marched from Rome, walk beside thee — but at times, And with a breast...crimes, Deceit, averments incompatible, Equivocations The "fence of stone" refers to the Quadrangular basement of concrete, on which the circular tower rests.... | |
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The Savelli family were in possession of the fortress in 1312, and the German army of Henry VII. marched from Rome,§ attacked, took, and burnt it, but were unable to make themselves by force masters of the citadel, that is, of the tomb, which must give... 