Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 187
... Lucullus , who gained a victory , but did not follow it up . Nor was his successor Servilius any more fortunate ; and , on the death of Tryphon , Athenion , in 102 B.C. , stood sole ruler of the greater part of the island . In IOI B.C. ...
... Lucullus , who gained a victory , but did not follow it up . Nor was his successor Servilius any more fortunate ; and , on the death of Tryphon , Athenion , in 102 B.C. , stood sole ruler of the greater part of the island . In IOI B.C. ...
Page 217
... Lucullus had been dispatched to raise ships , but the Egyptian court refused his request for aid . Sulla was compelled to confiscate the temple treas- ures to supply his needs , and compensated the gods by devoting to them one - half of ...
... Lucullus had been dispatched to raise ships , but the Egyptian court refused his request for aid . Sulla was compelled to confiscate the temple treas- ures to supply his needs , and compensated the gods by devoting to them one - half of ...
Page 219
... Lucullus had at length succeeded in raising a con- siderable fleet , and had wrested several islands from the enemy . The army of Flaccus had reached Chalcedon in 86 B.C. , but a mutiny had deposed Flaccus and placed Fimbria in command ...
... Lucullus had at length succeeded in raising a con- siderable fleet , and had wrested several islands from the enemy . The army of Flaccus had reached Chalcedon in 86 B.C. , but a mutiny had deposed Flaccus and placed Fimbria in command ...
Page 258
... Lucullus one of the ablest generals the state had produced , and , though he had but a small force under his command , he soon recovered Asia and drove Mithradates to take refuge with the king of Armenia . The latter had in the ...
... Lucullus one of the ablest generals the state had produced , and , though he had but a small force under his command , he soon recovered Asia and drove Mithradates to take refuge with the king of Armenia . The latter had in the ...
Page 263
... Lucullus , the result was tantamount to defeat . And though , to some extent , every class in the Roman state is responsible for this deplorable state of affairs , as every rotten stone in the building helps to bring about the ruin of ...
... Lucullus , the result was tantamount to defeat . And though , to some extent , every class in the Roman state is responsible for this deplorable state of affairs , as every rotten stone in the building helps to bring about the ruin of ...
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