Twenty Decisive Battles of the WorldMacmillan, 1964 - 365 pages |
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... siege of Syra- cuse were exaggerated , that the city was not completely invested , and that it was still possible for a relieving army to effect an entrance . Gylippus landed on the northern coast of Sicily and there began to collect ...
... siege of Syra- cuse were exaggerated , that the city was not completely invested , and that it was still possible for a relieving army to effect an entrance . Gylippus landed on the northern coast of Sicily and there began to collect ...
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... siege to the city of Tyre . Seven months passed before he finally captured it ; the com- batants on both sides showed amazing ingenuity and inventiveness during the siege , as well as the most dogged determination . Moving south along ...
... siege to the city of Tyre . Seven months passed before he finally captured it ; the com- batants on both sides showed amazing ingenuity and inventiveness during the siege , as well as the most dogged determination . Moving south along ...
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... siege . They are in turn besieged by the Turks but win the Battle of Antioch in 1098 and assault Jerusalem in 1099 . The Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem survives for nearly one hundred years . 1125. The great struggle begins between the ...
... siege . They are in turn besieged by the Turks but win the Battle of Antioch in 1098 and assault Jerusalem in 1099 . The Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem survives for nearly one hundred years . 1125. The great struggle begins between the ...
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Defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse 415413 B C 23 | 23 |
The Battle of Arbela 331 B C | 37 |
The Victory of Arminius over the Roman Legions | 80 |
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