Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... , and especially of the Carthaginians , in opposing Hellenic influence , belongs to another chapter ; but the main result at first was to increase their trade and 753-509 B.C. establish their naval power . Corsica , with 24 ROME.
... , and especially of the Carthaginians , in opposing Hellenic influence , belongs to another chapter ; but the main result at first was to increase their trade and 753-509 B.C. establish their naval power . Corsica , with 24 ROME.
Page 28
... Carthaginians in 537 B.C. , preferring to settle at Hyele ( Velia ) in Lucania . In this struggle between the Greeks and the combined Etruscans and Phoenicians , Latium observed a strict neutrality , being on friendly and commercial ...
... Carthaginians in 537 B.C. , preferring to settle at Hyele ( Velia ) in Lucania . In this struggle between the Greeks and the combined Etruscans and Phoenicians , Latium observed a strict neutrality , being on friendly and commercial ...
Page 56
... Carthaginians , who were absolute masters of Sar- dinia , and had a firm foothold in Sicily , they ruled the ... Carthaginians has been already described ; a more deadly blow , on a far grander scale , if we may believe tradition ...
... Carthaginians , who were absolute masters of Sar- dinia , and had a firm foothold in Sicily , they ruled the ... Carthaginians has been already described ; a more deadly blow , on a far grander scale , if we may believe tradition ...
Page 57
... Carthaginians , and Etruscans against liberty and civilization . Six years later the Cumaeans and Hiero of Syracuse ... Carthaginian arms , we find that the revival of maritime . supremacy by Carthage brought no similar revival to their ...
... Carthaginians , and Etruscans against liberty and civilization . Six years later the Cumaeans and Hiero of Syracuse ... Carthaginian arms , we find that the revival of maritime . supremacy by Carthage brought no similar revival to their ...
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... Carthaginians , and thus secured for them the Sicilian side of the straits . A strong Carthaginian fleet proceeded to blockade Syracuse , while at the same time a land army laid siege to it , in 278 B.C. Pyrrhus was there- fore forced ...
... Carthaginians , and thus secured for them the Sicilian side of the straits . A strong Carthaginian fleet proceeded to blockade Syracuse , while at the same time a land army laid siege to it , in 278 B.C. Pyrrhus was there- fore forced ...
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