The Decline of the Roman Republic, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1864 |
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... enemy - Man- cinus is restored to his citizenship and sets up his own statue . 65 CHAPTER VII . NUMANTIA . B.C. 136--132 . Livy , Epit . 56 , 57 , 59 ; Appian , Hispanica , c . 84 , & c .; Gellius , ii . 13 ; xiii . 3 ; Orosius , v . 7 ...
... enemy - Man- cinus is restored to his citizenship and sets up his own statue . 65 CHAPTER VII . NUMANTIA . B.C. 136--132 . Livy , Epit . 56 , 57 , 59 ; Appian , Hispanica , c . 84 , & c .; Gellius , ii . 13 ; xiii . 3 ; Orosius , v . 7 ...
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... enemy , he was fallen upon by the Roman cavalry that was protecting the baggage and killed with those about him . The battle was fought on the feast of Vulcanus , the 23rd of August , which from this time was considered an unlucky day ...
... enemy , he was fallen upon by the Roman cavalry that was protecting the baggage and killed with those about him . The battle was fought on the feast of Vulcanus , the 23rd of August , which from this time was considered an unlucky day ...
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... enemy fled in disorder to the city . The consul brought his elephants up to the walls , and the fight was continued successfully , till one of the elephants being wounded in the head by a large stone became frantic with pain , and ...
... enemy fled in disorder to the city . The consul brought his elephants up to the walls , and the fight was continued successfully , till one of the elephants being wounded in the head by a large stone became frantic with pain , and ...
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... enemy in a great battle and the occupation of a capital city may decide the fortune of a campaign ; but in a poor country with a scattered population , whose chief employment is agriculture , where the roads are bad and the ground is ...
... enemy in a great battle and the occupation of a capital city may decide the fortune of a campaign ; but in a poor country with a scattered population , whose chief employment is agriculture , where the roads are bad and the ground is ...
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... enemy in disorderly pursuit , Caesaras facing about converted his defeat into a victory . He killed 9000 of the Romans , recovered his own camp with all the booty that he had collected , and also took the camp of Mummius . In all these ...
... enemy in disorderly pursuit , Caesaras facing about converted his defeat into a victory . He killed 9000 of the Romans , recovered his own camp with all the booty that he had collected , and also took the camp of Mummius . In all these ...
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