Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 65
... arms to the Liris . Thus Rome was brought into contact with the Samnites and the struggle with this brave people now claims our attention . The Samnites were a people belonging to the Umbrian branch of the Italian stock who had settled ...
... arms to the Liris . Thus Rome was brought into contact with the Samnites and the struggle with this brave people now claims our attention . The Samnites were a people belonging to the Umbrian branch of the Italian stock who had settled ...
Page 66
... and Teanum under Sam- nite sway , and the upper Liris was left in Volscian hands . Both sides were glad to lay down arms - the Samnites , because Tarentum 384-332 B.C. was threatening her Sebellian neighbors ; the Romans 66 ROME.
... and Teanum under Sam- nite sway , and the upper Liris was left in Volscian hands . Both sides were glad to lay down arms - the Samnites , because Tarentum 384-332 B.C. was threatening her Sebellian neighbors ; the Romans 66 ROME.
Page 67
... arms against Rome ; but all the Roman colonies in Latium , except Velitrae , remained firm to the Roman side . Capua seized the opportunity to get rid of Roman rule , and other Campanian cities joined the revolted Latins . The Volscians ...
... arms against Rome ; but all the Roman colonies in Latium , except Velitrae , remained firm to the Roman side . Capua seized the opportunity to get rid of Roman rule , and other Campanian cities joined the revolted Latins . The Volscians ...
Page 70
... arms ; but , when Rome refused , Tarentum lacked the courage and sense of honor to declare war . Towards the close of the war she once more invoked Greek aid against the Lucanians , and the Spartan prince Cleonynus succeeded in ...
... arms ; but , when Rome refused , Tarentum lacked the courage and sense of honor to declare war . Towards the close of the war she once more invoked Greek aid against the Lucanians , and the Spartan prince Cleonynus succeeded in ...
Page 69
... arms at the Caudine Pass , under the brave Gavius . Pontius , in 321 B.C .; the refusal of the senate to recognize the agree- ment made by the defeated generals , mark the first period of the war . When it was renewed , the Samnites ...
... arms at the Caudine Pass , under the brave Gavius . Pontius , in 321 B.C .; the refusal of the senate to recognize the agree- ment made by the defeated generals , mark the first period of the war . When it was renewed , the Samnites ...
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