Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 137
... Parthians and Bactrians ; while in Asia Minor the Celtic hordes had settled on the north coast and the eastern interior , and on the west the Greek cities were constantly trying to assert and make good their inde- pendence . Indeed , in ...
... Parthians and Bactrians ; while in Asia Minor the Celtic hordes had settled on the north coast and the eastern interior , and on the west the Greek cities were constantly trying to assert and make good their inde- pendence . Indeed , in ...
Page 167
... Parthian kingdom , the outcome of a reaction on the part of the native religion and manners against Hellenism . Mithradates I. ( 175-133 B.C. ) laid the foundations of this empire by his successes over the Bactrian kingdom , and in all ...
... Parthian kingdom , the outcome of a reaction on the part of the native religion and manners against Hellenism . Mithradates I. ( 175-133 B.C. ) laid the foundations of this empire by his successes over the Bactrian kingdom , and in all ...
Page 215
... Parthians in 92 B.C. This was the first time that the Romans came into contact with the great nation with which they were destined to dispute the sovereignty of the world . Thus the status quo in the East was restored . But Sulla had no ...
... Parthians in 92 B.C. This was the first time that the Romans came into contact with the great nation with which they were destined to dispute the sovereignty of the world . Thus the status quo in the East was restored . But Sulla had no ...
Page 241
... Parthians took place . He took a prominent part in the social war , and , as consul , suppressed the Sulpician revolution with startling energy . Wherever Sulla and Marius had come into competition the result had always been loss of ...
... Parthians took place . He took a prominent part in the social war , and , as consul , suppressed the Sulpician revolution with startling energy . Wherever Sulla and Marius had come into competition the result had always been loss of ...
Page 257
... the king began to extend his dominions at the expense of the Parthians , to the south , and of the kingdoms of Asia Minor to the west . Upper 75-67 B.C. Mesopotamia , Cappadocia , eastern Cilicia , and SULLAN RESTORATION 257.
... the king began to extend his dominions at the expense of the Parthians , to the south , and of the kingdoms of Asia Minor to the west . Upper 75-67 B.C. Mesopotamia , Cappadocia , eastern Cilicia , and SULLAN RESTORATION 257.
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