Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... HANNIBAL CROSSES THE RHONE STORMING THE BYRSA OF CARTHAGE MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR " POLICE VERSO " • Frontispiece FACING PAGE 68 • 132 · 164 • 324 372 TEXT MAPS ANCIENT LATIUM THE PEOPLES OF EARLY ITALY . 343-290 B. C. ...
... HANNIBAL CROSSES THE RHONE STORMING THE BYRSA OF CARTHAGE MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR " POLICE VERSO " • Frontispiece FACING PAGE 68 • 132 · 164 • 324 372 TEXT MAPS ANCIENT LATIUM THE PEOPLES OF EARLY ITALY . 343-290 B. C. ...
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... Hannibal , blockaded Messana . At the same time a Carthaginian land army laid siege to the town on the north side , and Hiero undertook the attack on the south side of the city . But the Roman consul , Appius Claudius Caudex , crossed ...
... Hannibal , blockaded Messana . At the same time a Carthaginian land army laid siege to the town on the north side , and Hiero undertook the attack on the south side of the city . But the Roman consul , Appius Claudius Caudex , crossed ...
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... Hannibal . The Carthaginians , despising their awkward - looking opponents , fell upon then irregular order ; but the boarding- bridges gave the fans a complete victory , the moral effect of which was far greater than the victory itself ...
... Hannibal . The Carthaginians , despising their awkward - looking opponents , fell upon then irregular order ; but the boarding- bridges gave the fans a complete victory , the moral effect of which was far greater than the victory itself ...
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... Hannibal , then nine years of age , by the most solemn oath to swear eternal enmity to Rome , and thus transmitted to his children his schemes , his genius , and his hatred . At the head of a strong army , and accompanied by a fleet ...
... Hannibal , then nine years of age , by the most solemn oath to swear eternal enmity to Rome , and thus transmitted to his children his schemes , his genius , and his hatred . At the head of a strong army , and accompanied by a fleet ...
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... Hannibal , the eldest son of Hamilcar , then in his twenty - ninth year . Despite his youth , the man thus chosen by his comrades - in - arms was fully worthy of their confidence . Nature had bestowed upon him gifts both mental and ...
... Hannibal , the eldest son of Hamilcar , then in his twenty - ninth year . Despite his youth , the man thus chosen by his comrades - in - arms was fully worthy of their confidence . Nature had bestowed upon him gifts both mental and ...
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