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Page xvii
... Numantini , and escapes punishment at Rome - Imprisonment of the Roman consuls by the Tribuni Plebis- Campaign of M. Popillius in Spain - The character of Frontinus ' book of Stratagems — The campaign of D. Junius Brutus in the country ...
... Numantini , and escapes punishment at Rome - Imprisonment of the Roman consuls by the Tribuni Plebis- Campaign of M. Popillius in Spain - The character of Frontinus ' book of Stratagems — The campaign of D. Junius Brutus in the country ...
Page xviii
... Numantini - The historian P. Rutilius Rufus - The position of Numantia - Jugurtha and C. Marius in the camp of Scipio- The blockade of Numantia - Scipio's cruelty to the people of Lutia — The sufferings of the Numantini , and the ...
... Numantini - The historian P. Rutilius Rufus - The position of Numantia - Jugurtha and C. Marius in the camp of Scipio- The blockade of Numantia - Scipio's cruelty to the people of Lutia — The sufferings of the Numantini , and the ...
Page 39
... Numantini could only prolong the contest . The fragmentary notices of Viriathus ' bold exploits may contain much that is false , but they prove that he was a soldier for whom many of the Roman generals were no match . Like Hannibal ...
... Numantini could only prolong the contest . The fragmentary notices of Viriathus ' bold exploits may contain much that is false , but they prove that he was a soldier for whom many of the Roman generals were no match . Like Hannibal ...
Page 68
... Numantini . The people of Malia rose on the garrison unexpectedly and killed them , and then gave up the town to Pompeius , who only disarmed the people and took hostages from them . Drumann observes that Appian and Diodorus manifestly ...
... Numantini . The people of Malia rose on the garrison unexpectedly and killed them , and then gave up the town to Pompeius , who only disarmed the people and took hostages from them . Drumann observes that Appian and Diodorus manifestly ...
Page 69
... Numantini dis- covering this treachery fell upon the people during the night and made great slaughter of them . In the midst of the confusion the Romans scaled the walls with their ladders and took the town . Pompeius massacred all the ...
... Numantini dis- covering this treachery fell upon the people during the night and made great slaughter of them . In the midst of the confusion the Romans scaled the walls with their ladders and took the town . Pompeius massacred all the ...
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