Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 38
... Syrians and Celts in later days . It was from these large landowners , and the system above described , that there sprang up in Rome a landed , and not an urban , nobility ; and further , these tenants - on - sufferance were of the ...
... Syrians and Celts in later days . It was from these large landowners , and the system above described , that there sprang up in Rome a landed , and not an urban , nobility ; and further , these tenants - on - sufferance were of the ...
Page 137
... Syrian coast , on the whole of the south and west coast of Asia Minor , and even in the Thracian Cher- The finances of Egypt were most flourishing , and Alex- andria , the seat of the Ptolemies , attracted all the learning , whether ...
... Syrian coast , on the whole of the south and west coast of Asia Minor , and even in the Thracian Cher- The finances of Egypt were most flourishing , and Alex- andria , the seat of the Ptolemies , attracted all the learning , whether ...
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... Syrian coast , which had been wrested from Asia by the Egyptians , and had seized the occasion of Philopator's death ... Syria , and Palestine , and by a victory gained in 198 B.C. , near the sources of the Jordan , he became absolute ...
... Syrian coast , which had been wrested from Asia by the Egyptians , and had seized the occasion of Philopator's death ... Syria , and Palestine , and by a victory gained in 198 B.C. , near the sources of the Jordan , he became absolute ...
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... Syria without needing Roman support . Rome thus adhered strictly to its policy of acquiring no transmarine possessions , and in 188 B.C. the fleet and land army evacuated Asia . The war with Antiochus had naturally agitated the ever ...
... Syria without needing Roman support . Rome thus adhered strictly to its policy of acquiring no transmarine possessions , and in 188 B.C. the fleet and land army evacuated Asia . The war with Antiochus had naturally agitated the ever ...
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... Syria , seized the occasion to carry out the traditional policy of the Seleu- cidae and to conquer Egypt . When he was on the eve of success , and was lying encamped before Alexandria , a Roman envoy arrived shortly after the battle of ...
... Syria , seized the occasion to carry out the traditional policy of the Seleu- cidae and to conquer Egypt . When he was on the eve of success , and was lying encamped before Alexandria , a Roman envoy arrived shortly after the battle of ...
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