Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 57
... attacked the Etruscan settlements in Campania ; Capua fell in 424 B.C. , and the Etruscan population was extirpated or expelled . But in north- ern Italy a new nation was knocking at the gates of the Alps . It was the Celts ; and the ...
... attacked the Etruscan settlements in Campania ; Capua fell in 424 B.C. , and the Etruscan population was extirpated or expelled . But in north- ern Italy a new nation was knocking at the gates of the Alps . It was the Celts ; and the ...
Page 74
... attacked by the Lucanians and Bruttians , and reduced to great extremities . Thurii appealed for protection to Rome ; and Rome , feeling that the 285-281 B.C. fortress of Venusia enabled her to dispense with 74 . WAR WITH PYRRHUS-UNION ...
... attacked by the Lucanians and Bruttians , and reduced to great extremities . Thurii appealed for protection to Rome ; and Rome , feeling that the 285-281 B.C. fortress of Venusia enabled her to dispense with 74 . WAR WITH PYRRHUS-UNION ...
Page 75
... attack on Thurii about 285 B.C. This coalition was at once joined by the Etruscans , Gauls , Umbrians , and Samnites . The last - named , exhausted and hemmed in on all sides as they were , could render but little assistance . But in ...
... attack on Thurii about 285 B.C. This coalition was at once joined by the Etruscans , Gauls , Umbrians , and Samnites . The last - named , exhausted and hemmed in on all sides as they were , could render but little assistance . But in ...
Page 79
... attack , and binding both states not to conclude a separate peace with Pyrrhus . Messana , which had previously been seized by the Mamertines , who were the Campanian mercenaries of Agathacles , in fear of the vengeance of Pyrrhus ...
... attack , and binding both states not to conclude a separate peace with Pyrrhus . Messana , which had previously been seized by the Mamertines , who were the Campanian mercenaries of Agathacles , in fear of the vengeance of Pyrrhus ...
Page 80
... attack on Rhegium , he surprised Locri , and avenged himself on the treacherous inhabitants . In the spring of 275 ... attacking their own side . Unable any longer to keep the field , or to get reinforcements from abroad , Pyrrhus left ...
... attack on Rhegium , he surprised Locri , and avenged himself on the treacherous inhabitants . In the spring of 275 ... attacking their own side . Unable any longer to keep the field , or to get reinforcements from abroad , Pyrrhus left ...
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