Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 40
... Publius Servilius , induced them to do so , by sus- pending the law and liberating the imprisoned debtors . On their return from the field of victory , the other consul , Appius Claudius , enforced the debtor - laws with merciless rigor ...
... Publius Servilius , induced them to do so , by sus- pending the law and liberating the imprisoned debtors . On their return from the field of victory , the other consul , Appius Claudius , enforced the debtor - laws with merciless rigor ...
Page 72
... Publius Decius Mus and the aged Quintus Fabius Rullianus encountered the confederate army ; and it was here that the heroic death of Publius Decius rallied the Roman legions when wavering before the Gallic hordes , and at the cost of ...
... Publius Decius Mus and the aged Quintus Fabius Rullianus encountered the confederate army ; and it was here that the heroic death of Publius Decius rallied the Roman legions when wavering before the Gallic hordes , and at the cost of ...
Page 75
... Publius Cornelius Dolabella , who car- ried fire and sword through their territory , and completely ex- pelled the whole Celtic tribe from Italy . Their Celtic kinsmen and neighbors , the Boii , at once joined the Etruscans , and a ...
... Publius Cornelius Dolabella , who car- ried fire and sword through their territory , and completely ex- pelled the whole Celtic tribe from Italy . Their Celtic kinsmen and neighbors , the Boii , at once joined the Etruscans , and a ...
Page 77
... Publius Laevinus , first measured swords with a Greek army under the greatest general of the day . After a stubborn contest , varied by many vicissitudes of fortune , the elephants of Pyrrhus decided the issue . The losses of the Romans ...
... Publius Laevinus , first measured swords with a Greek army under the greatest general of the day . After a stubborn contest , varied by many vicissitudes of fortune , the elephants of Pyrrhus decided the issue . The losses of the Romans ...
Page 103
... Publius Claudius , attempted to surprise the Carthaginian fleet as it lay at anchor before Drepana . Completely outmaneuvered by the Phoenician admiral , Atarbas , the Roman consul fell into the trap set for him , and only escaped by ...
... Publius Claudius , attempted to surprise the Carthaginian fleet as it lay at anchor before Drepana . Completely outmaneuvered by the Phoenician admiral , Atarbas , the Roman consul fell into the trap set for him , and only escaped by ...
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