The History of Rome, Volume 2Henry G. Bohn, 1849 |
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Pagina 561
... troops by one of those passes through the cleft of a rock , when they advanced onward to the other defile , found it blocked up by trees thrown across , and a mound of huge stones lying in their way . When the stratagem of the enemy now ...
... troops by one of those passes through the cleft of a rock , when they advanced onward to the other defile , found it blocked up by trees thrown across , and a mound of huge stones lying in their way . When the stratagem of the enemy now ...
Pagina 568
... troops were shut up ; after- wards the news of the ignominious peace caused greater affliction than had been felt for their danger . On the report of their being surrounded , a levy of men was begun ; but when it was understood that the ...
... troops were shut up ; after- wards the news of the ignominious peace caused greater affliction than had been felt for their danger . On the report of their being surrounded , a levy of men was begun ; but when it was understood that the ...
Pagina 590
... troops of cavalry , and drove back the enemy . In this de- sultory kind of fight , fortune worked up the strength of the combatants in such a manner , as to occasion an extraordinary loss on both sides , and the remarkable deaths of the ...
... troops of cavalry , and drove back the enemy . In this de- sultory kind of fight , fortune worked up the strength of the combatants in such a manner , as to occasion an extraordinary loss on both sides , and the remarkable deaths of the ...
Pagina 603
... troops : let them only join unanimously in a vigorous attack against a foe , already vanquished in the field , beaten out of their camps , and stripped of their towns , and now trying their last hope by the contrivance of an ambuscade ...
... troops : let them only join unanimously in a vigorous attack against a foe , already vanquished in the field , beaten out of their camps , and stripped of their towns , and now trying their last hope by the contrivance of an ambuscade ...
Pagina 611
... troops , being marshalled , stood at first , for some time , on their own ground , having left a space sufficient for the Romans to draw up , opposite to them ; but perceiving that the enemy declined fighting , they advanced to the ...
... troops , being marshalled , stood at first , for some time , on their own ground , having left a space sufficient for the Romans to draw up , opposite to them ; but perceiving that the enemy declined fighting , they advanced to the ...
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