new-and-old

Updated: June 23, 2025

The new-and-old wisdom, such as it was, made a profound impression on its contemporaries; men of the highest rank, of the greatest learning, of the most solid ability, belonging to very different parties the consul of 705, Appius Claudius, the learned Marcus Varro, the brave officer Publius Vatinius took part in the citation of spirits, and it even appears that a police interference was necessary against the proceedings of these societies.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

The new-and-old wisdom, such as it was, made a profound impression on its contemporaries; men of the highest rank, of the greatest learning, of the most solid ability, belonging to very different parties the consul of 705, Appius Claudius, the learned Marcus Varro, the brave officer Publius Vatinius took part in the citation of spirits, and it even appears that a police interference was necessary against the proceedings of these societies.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy