Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 57
... fleet off Cumae ; and the rise of Syracuse to the chief power in Sicily , and of Tarentum to the leading position in the south of Italy , put an end to the mari- time supremacy of both Etruscans and Carthaginians . Syracuse in 453 B.C. ...
... fleet off Cumae ; and the rise of Syracuse to the chief power in Sicily , and of Tarentum to the leading position in the south of Italy , put an end to the mari- time supremacy of both Etruscans and Carthaginians . Syracuse in 453 B.C. ...
Page 75
... fleet sailed from the Tyrrhene Sea to take up its station in the Adriatic , and , on its way , anchored in the harbor of Tarentum . The time had at last arrived for the supine people of Tarentum to shake off their lethargy ; but their ...
... fleet sailed from the Tyrrhene Sea to take up its station in the Adriatic , and , on its way , anchored in the harbor of Tarentum . The time had at last arrived for the supine people of Tarentum to shake off their lethargy ; but their ...
Page 79
... fleet proceeded to blockade Syracuse , while at the same time a land army laid siege to it , in 278 B.C. Pyrrhus was there- fore forced to desert the Lucanians and Samnites , and content him- self with occupying Tarentum by a garrison ...
... fleet proceeded to blockade Syracuse , while at the same time a land army laid siege to it , in 278 B.C. Pyrrhus was there- fore forced to desert the Lucanians and Samnites , and content him- self with occupying Tarentum by a garrison ...
Page 80
... fleet and capture the all - important position of Lilybaeum , Pyrrhus built himself a fleet , and in 276 B.C. seemed to have within his grasp the realization of his aims . But his methods of governing Sicily were those which he had seen ...
... fleet and capture the all - important position of Lilybaeum , Pyrrhus built himself a fleet , and in 276 B.C. seemed to have within his grasp the realization of his aims . But his methods of governing Sicily were those which he had seen ...
Page 81
... fleet , and secured for himself and his troops a free departure . The Carthaginians , thus frustrated in their attempt to gain a foothold in Italy , pretended that their presence was merely due to their wish to help the Romans . The ...
... fleet , and secured for himself and his troops a free departure . The Carthaginians , thus frustrated in their attempt to gain a foothold in Italy , pretended that their presence was merely due to their wish to help the Romans . The ...
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