Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 126
... Massinissa , with a powerful army across the Pyrenees to Italy , resolved to send an extraordinary general with a numerous force to Spain . His nomination , if we may credit the story , was left to the people . At first no one in Rome ...
... Massinissa , with a powerful army across the Pyrenees to Italy , resolved to send an extraordinary general with a numerous force to Spain . His nomination , if we may credit the story , was left to the people . At first no one in Rome ...
Page 129
... Massinissa , who had been driven from his kingdom by the com- bined armies of Carthage and Syphax . The latter had embraced the side of Carthage , and , as a reward , had caused Carthage to renounce her old ally Massinissa . The arrival ...
... Massinissa , who had been driven from his kingdom by the com- bined armies of Carthage and Syphax . The latter had embraced the side of Carthage , and , as a reward , had caused Carthage to renounce her old ally Massinissa . The arrival ...
Page 130
... Massinissa easily scattered the Carthaginian squadrons . The infantry battle was most bloody and severe : nor did the veterans of Hannibal ever flinch until the cavalry of Massinissa , returning from pursuit , surrounded them on all ...
... Massinissa easily scattered the Carthaginian squadrons . The infantry battle was most bloody and severe : nor did the veterans of Hannibal ever flinch until the cavalry of Massinissa , returning from pursuit , surrounded them on all ...
Page 131
... Massinissa ; the surrender of all ships of war except twenty , and an annual contribution of two hundred talents ( $ 240,000 ) for the next fifty years ; an engagement not to make war against Rome or her allies , and not to wage war in ...
... Massinissa ; the surrender of all ships of war except twenty , and an annual contribution of two hundred talents ( $ 240,000 ) for the next fifty years ; an engagement not to make war against Rome or her allies , and not to wage war in ...
Page 134
... Massinissa was established close at her doors as a most powerful Numidian chief , and Carthaginian territory was constantly exposed to the spoliations of the Libyan and Numidian tribes , who exulted in thus retaliating on their old ...
... Massinissa was established close at her doors as a most powerful Numidian chief , and Carthaginian territory was constantly exposed to the spoliations of the Libyan and Numidian tribes , who exulted in thus retaliating on their old ...
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