Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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... allies of the Phoenicians , and especially of the Carthaginians , in opposing Hellenic influence , belongs to another chapter ; but the main result at first was to increase their trade and 753-509 B.C. establish their naval power ...
... allies of the Phoenicians , and especially of the Carthaginians , in opposing Hellenic influence , belongs to another chapter ; but the main result at first was to increase their trade and 753-509 B.C. establish their naval power ...
Page 56
... Allied with the Carthaginians , who were absolute masters of Sar- dinia , and had a firm foothold in Sicily , they ruled the Etruscar and Adriatic seas . Although Massilia retained her independence , the seaports of Campania and of the ...
... Allied with the Carthaginians , who were absolute masters of Sar- dinia , and had a firm foothold in Sicily , they ruled the Etruscar and Adriatic seas . Although Massilia retained her independence , the seaports of Campania and of the ...
Page 57
... allies the Etruscans . On the contrary , the relations between the two powers had become so strained , that in 310 B.C. Tuscan men- of - war assisted Agathocles of Syracuse in his war against Carthage , and the old alliance was thus ...
... allies the Etruscans . On the contrary , the relations between the two powers had become so strained , that in 310 B.C. Tuscan men- of - war assisted Agathocles of Syracuse in his war against Carthage , and the old alliance was thus ...
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... ally of Rome . Thus the whole of southern Etruria became subject to Roman supremacy . Gradually the conflicts in northern Italy ceased , and the various nations settled side by side within more defined limits . The stream of Celtic ...
... ally of Rome . Thus the whole of southern Etruria became subject to Roman supremacy . Gradually the conflicts in northern Italy ceased , and the various nations settled side by side within more defined limits . The stream of Celtic ...
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... allied Latins dared penetrate Etruria , they suc- cessfully extended their power towards the east and south . The ... allies felt all the more acutely the overshadowing burden of Rome's increased power , and were naturally indignant ...
... allied Latins dared penetrate Etruria , they suc- cessfully extended their power towards the east and south . The ... allies felt all the more acutely the overshadowing burden of Rome's increased power , and were naturally indignant ...
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