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Pagina 145
Were they to assume new and possibly indefinite obligations by taking sides in a
dispute that did not concern them directly ? On the one hand, the acquisition of
Messana by the Carthaginians would furnish them with a potential base of attack
...
Were they to assume new and possibly indefinite obligations by taking sides in a
dispute that did not concern them directly ? On the one hand, the acquisition of
Messana by the Carthaginians would furnish them with a potential base of attack
...
Pagina 148
Carthaginian empire, the Romans prepared to deliver a blow at its heart. Some
fifty years previously a despot of Syracuse named Agathocles had defended
himself against the Carthaginians by invading Africa, and had all but succeeded
in ...
Carthaginian empire, the Romans prepared to deliver a blow at its heart. Some
fifty years previously a despot of Syracuse named Agathocles had defended
himself against the Carthaginians by invading Africa, and had all but succeeded
in ...
Pagina 151
Its long duration may be explained by the fact that the Carthaginians deliberately
tried to convert it into a war of exhaustion, while the Romans endeavoured to
force the issue, but were continually held in check. For their set-backs the
Romans ...
Its long duration may be explained by the fact that the Carthaginians deliberately
tried to convert it into a war of exhaustion, while the Romans endeavoured to
force the issue, but were continually held in check. For their set-backs the
Romans ...
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A History of Rome: Down to the Reign of Constantine M. J. Cary,H. Howard Hayes Scullard Anteprima non disponibile - 1975 |
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