Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 102
... Hasdrubal , son of Hanno , to Sicily , with a force especially strong in elephants . He landed at Lilybaeum , and Sicily once more became the theater of the war . A new Roman fleet of three hundred ships was dispatched thither 254-249 ...
... Hasdrubal , son of Hanno , to Sicily , with a force especially strong in elephants . He landed at Lilybaeum , and Sicily once more became the theater of the war . A new Roman fleet of three hundred ships was dispatched thither 254-249 ...
Page 111
... Hasdrubal and Hamilcar were preeminent ; the wisest , most far - seeing , and most patriotic Carthaginians lent their aid to this section of the state . The successful conclusion of the war against the revolted Numidians , while it made ...
... Hasdrubal and Hamilcar were preeminent ; the wisest , most far - seeing , and most patriotic Carthaginians lent their aid to this section of the state . The successful conclusion of the war against the revolted Numidians , while it made ...
Page 112
... Hasdrubal , Hamilcar marched westwards , apparently against the Libyans in that quarter ; suddenly , without any authority from the government , he crossed over into Spain , and there laid the founda- tions of the Spanish kingdom of the ...
... Hasdrubal , Hamilcar marched westwards , apparently against the Libyans in that quarter ; suddenly , without any authority from the government , he crossed over into Spain , and there laid the founda- tions of the Spanish kingdom of the ...
Page 113
... Hasdrubal should attempt to realize the dream of his great predecessor . In 220 B.C. he fell by an assassin's hand , and his place was filled by Hannibal , the eldest son of Hamilcar , then in his twenty - ninth year . Despite his youth ...
... Hasdrubal should attempt to realize the dream of his great predecessor . In 220 B.C. he fell by an assassin's hand , and his place was filled by Hannibal , the eldest son of Hamilcar , then in his twenty - ninth year . Despite his youth ...
Page 114
... Hasdrubal had again brought the peace - party in Carthage to the helm of the state . But Hannibal was not to be deterred by the opposition of the miserable politicians at home . Having in vain tried to provoke the people of Saguntum to ...
... Hasdrubal had again brought the peace - party in Carthage to the helm of the state . But Hannibal was not to be deterred by the opposition of the miserable politicians at home . Having in vain tried to provoke the people of Saguntum to ...
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