Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 92
... Numidia Byzaci Messana 3Syracuse Selinus gentum Syrtes CARTHAGE AND HER MARITIME AND COLONIAL DOMINION Phoenician ... Numidians withdrew to the borders of the African desert . The fertile districts of the Sardinian coast were cultivated ...
... Numidia Byzaci Messana 3Syracuse Selinus gentum Syrtes CARTHAGE AND HER MARITIME AND COLONIAL DOMINION Phoenician ... Numidians withdrew to the borders of the African desert . The fertile districts of the Sardinian coast were cultivated ...
Page 102
... Numidian cavalry and of Greek mercenaries , among whom was the Spartan Xanthippus , famous for his knowledge and skill in the art of war . ing the energetic preparations of Carthage , Regulus remained idle at Tunis ; he still pretended ...
... Numidian cavalry and of Greek mercenaries , among whom was the Spartan Xanthippus , famous for his knowledge and skill in the art of war . ing the energetic preparations of Carthage , Regulus remained idle at Tunis ; he still pretended ...
Page 103
... Numidian cavalry made all foraging both difficult and danger- ous on land . In addition , disease , arising from the malaria of the district , thinned the ranks of the Roman land army . Weary of the tedious blockade , the new consul ...
... Numidian cavalry made all foraging both difficult and danger- ous on land . In addition , disease , arising from the malaria of the district , thinned the ranks of the Roman land army . Weary of the tedious blockade , the new consul ...
Page 110
... NUMIDIA ROME CARTHAGE AT END OF SECOND PUNIC WAR ROME CARTHAGE //// UTICA CARTHAGE SYRACUSE SICILY AGRIGENTUM . coast ; by planting fortresses and Roman townships , e . g . , Placentia and Cremona on the Po itself , in the newly ...
... NUMIDIA ROME CARTHAGE AT END OF SECOND PUNIC WAR ROME CARTHAGE //// UTICA CARTHAGE SYRACUSE SICILY AGRIGENTUM . coast ; by planting fortresses and Roman townships , e . g . , Placentia and Cremona on the Po itself , in the newly ...
Page 111
... Numidians , while it made clear to all the genius of Hamilcar Barca , brought out in odious contrast the miserable in- capacity of Hanno , and the utterly corrupt and pernicious charac- ter of the ruling oligarchy . Great prominence was ...
... Numidians , while it made clear to all the genius of Hamilcar Barca , brought out in odious contrast the miserable in- capacity of Hanno , and the utterly corrupt and pernicious charac- ter of the ruling oligarchy . Great prominence was ...
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