Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 19
... marched with the army unarmed and took the place of those who fell ill or died in battle . The whole number of centuries amounted to 193 or 194 ; nor was it increased as the population rose . Out of this mili- tary organization arose ...
... marched with the army unarmed and took the place of those who fell ill or died in battle . The whole number of centuries amounted to 193 or 194 ; nor was it increased as the population rose . Out of this mili- tary organization arose ...
Page 41
... marched to a hill between the Tiber and the Anio . This celebrated secession , to what was afterward called " the sacred mount ( Mons Sacer ) , was terminated by the mediation of the dictator and the submission of the senate . The ...
... marched to a hill between the Tiber and the Anio . This celebrated secession , to what was afterward called " the sacred mount ( Mons Sacer ) , was terminated by the mediation of the dictator and the submission of the senate . The ...
Page 75
... marched to wreak vengeance on Rome ; but two battles , one near Lake Vadimo in 283 B.C. , and another near Popu- lonia in the following year , crushed this combination , and caused the Boii to conclude a separate peace with Rome . The ...
... marched to wreak vengeance on Rome ; but two battles , one near Lake Vadimo in 283 B.C. , and another near Popu- lonia in the following year , crushed this combination , and caused the Boii to conclude a separate peace with Rome . The ...
Page 78
... marched upon Rome , hoping by this step to shake the allegiance of her allies and to terrify the capital . Roman cour- age , however , was proof alike against the flatteries of Cineas and the armed threats of Pyrrhus . No Latin ally ...
... marched upon Rome , hoping by this step to shake the allegiance of her allies and to terrify the capital . Roman cour- age , however , was proof alike against the flatteries of Cineas and the armed threats of Pyrrhus . No Latin ally ...
Page 80
... marched to the aid of the hard - pressed Samnites , and near Beneventum , on the Campus Arusinus , he fought his final battle on Italian soil . The very elephants which had won his previous vic- tories proved the cause of his defeat by ...
... marched to the aid of the hard - pressed Samnites , and near Beneventum , on the Campus Arusinus , he fought his final battle on Italian soil . The very elephants which had won his previous vic- tories proved the cause of his defeat by ...
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