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Page 1660
... town with a line of troops that encircled it . One 5. As is usual in an unexpected affair , great consternation and tumult ensued ; yet the besieged , with greater resolution than any one could suppose them capable of under such a sud ...
... town with a line of troops that encircled it . One 5. As is usual in an unexpected affair , great consternation and tumult ensued ; yet the besieged , with greater resolution than any one could suppose them capable of under such a sud ...
Page 1661
... towns - people having abandoned the city , for it was now , for the most part , stripped of its walls ; all , armed ... town ; and thither came ambassadors from the Athenians , addressing , first , Publius Scipio , who preceded the main ...
... towns - people having abandoned the city , for it was now , for the most part , stripped of its walls ; all , armed ... town ; and thither came ambassadors from the Athenians , addressing , first , Publius Scipio , who preceded the main ...
Page 1672
... towns - people , joined by the king's troops which were in garrison , immedi- ately seized . Livius , though the landing - places were rugged and difficult , sent against them a party of the auxiliaries , composed of Issæans , and light ...
... towns - people , joined by the king's troops which were in garrison , immedi- ately seized . Livius , though the landing - places were rugged and difficult , sent against them a party of the auxiliaries , composed of Issæans , and light ...
Page 1675
Livy. went down into the plains , which lay under the walls of the town , having despatched a herald to Æmilius , to acquaint him that he wished to treat of peace . 19. Æmilius sent to Pergamus for Eumenes , and desiring the Rhodians to ...
Livy. went down into the plains , which lay under the walls of the town , having despatched a herald to Æmilius , to acquaint him that he wished to treat of peace . 19. Æmilius sent to Pergamus for Eumenes , and desiring the Rhodians to ...
Page 1676
... town stands ; so that the plundering in the rear was unimpeded , as not a man ever sallied out , even to throw darts from a distance , against their guards . After that they were once driven in , and with fear confined them- selves ...
... town stands ; so that the plundering in the rear was unimpeded , as not a man ever sallied out , even to throw darts from a distance , against their guards . After that they were once driven in , and with fear confined them- selves ...
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