The Decline of the Roman Republic, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1864 |
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... 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 by other writers ...
... 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 by other writers ...
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... took them up . The Celtiberi also excelled other nations in their swords , which were well adapted for piercing with the point and also for cutting with both sides . The Romans , says Polybius , after the wars with Hannibal , laid aside ...
... took them up . The Celtiberi also excelled other nations in their swords , which were well adapted for piercing with the point and also for cutting with both sides . The Romans , says Polybius , after the wars with Hannibal , laid aside ...
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... took the camp of Mummius . In all these Spanish campaigns the killed are set down at very high numbers . The Roman general placed his remaining 5000 men in a fortified camp , and drilled them till they had recovered their courage . An ...
... took the camp of Mummius . In all these Spanish campaigns the killed are set down at very high numbers . The Roman general placed his remaining 5000 men in a fortified camp , and drilled them till they had recovered their courage . An ...
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... took Oxthracae , the largest city of the Lusitani . This loss brought the Lusitani and some of the Vettones to terms , and Atilius went into winter quarters . But this was a signal for a fresh rising of the natives and an attack on ...
... took Oxthracae , the largest city of the Lusitani . This loss brought the Lusitani and some of the Vettones to terms , and Atilius went into winter quarters . But this was a signal for a fresh rising of the natives and an attack on ...
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... took an immense number of prisoners , whom he would sell for slaves according to Roman fashion and thus fill his pockets . He also ravaged the country of the Lusitani . Galba was now again in motion ( B.c. 150 ) , and he wasted- the ...
... took an immense number of prisoners , whom he would sell for slaves according to Roman fashion and thus fill his pockets . He also ravaged the country of the Lusitani . Galba was now again in motion ( B.c. 150 ) , and he wasted- the ...
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