The Roman Empire the Empire of the Edomite (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1853. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... lus during his shepherd life. A very different derivation may, perhaps, be assigned to the title of Rome's first king; and it may be treated as a compound of the words d njn, bvyin, romul, or, with the emphatic Win, romulu; A-shepherd-heretofore, the-quondam shepherd. On the last supposition, the appellation must have been assumed by the king himself, who, like God's servant David, had been taken from the sheepfolds and from following the ewes great with young; and it will bear testimony both to the humility and magnanimity of its royal author, and to the certainty of the legend of the she-wolf. The grand objection to this derivation of the name arises from the fact, that in the small store of Hebrew we possess, mul, (ante), is never used in respect of time, but has reference to place only. On the other hand, we have the word ethmul, with the signification heretofore, and this would appear to be a compound of mul and the particle eth (loviK); whence, perhaps, arises a strong presumption that mul itself, divested of this prefix, might also possess the meaning belonging to the compound word. In either case, romulus must, before the building of the city, have had some other designation; and his first name will, I imagine, be found in the appellation luperc. This name appears also in the word lupercal, (Luperc-ty), luperc'sheight, designating either the whole Mons Palatums, or that portion of it where the she-wolf came to the rescue of the sons of Rhea Silvia...