The Decline of the Roman Republic, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1864 |
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... killed - The statue of Apollo at Cumae sheds tears - The consul M. Perperna takes Aristonicus prisoner - M ' Aquillius completes the conquest of the Kingdom of Pergamum - The origin of the Kingdom of Pergamum ; and its reduction to the ...
... killed - The statue of Apollo at Cumae sheds tears - The consul M. Perperna takes Aristonicus prisoner - M ' Aquillius completes the conquest of the Kingdom of Pergamum - The origin of the Kingdom of Pergamum ; and its reduction to the ...
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... 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 . The Arevaci withdrew at nightfall to Numantia , their strongest city , which was ...
... 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 . The Arevaci withdrew at nightfall to Numantia , their strongest city , which was ...
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... killed 4000 , and took many arms and standards . The consul was now in want of supplies , and he attempted to seize Axinium , where the enemy had stores . The site of this town is unknown , unless it is the place named Uxama , or Vasama ...
... killed 4000 , and took many arms and standards . The consul was now in want of supplies , and he attempted to seize Axinium , where the enemy had stores . The site of this town is unknown , unless it is the place named Uxama , or Vasama ...
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... 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 Spanish campaigns the killed are set down at very high numbers . The Roman general placed his ...
... 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 Spanish campaigns the killed are set down at very high numbers . The Roman general placed his ...
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... killed 15,000 of the enemy who were ravaging the country , and he raised the siege of Ocile . He then fell on those who were carrying off the plunder , and slaughtered them till not a man was left to report the news of the defeat . Such ...
... killed 15,000 of the enemy who were ravaging the country , and he raised the siege of Ocile . He then fell on those who were carrying off the plunder , and slaughtered them till not a man was left to report the news of the defeat . Such ...
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