A History of Rome from 753 B.C. to A.D. 410Methuen, 1946 - 456 pagine |
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Pagina 197
... Parthia seem to have offered a tempting bait . It had been more than a century earlier that the Parthians , a tribe of Scythian marauders hailing from the shores of the Caspian , had wrested ... Parthian horsemen . His THE RISE OF CAESAR 197.
... Parthia seem to have offered a tempting bait . It had been more than a century earlier that the Parthians , a tribe of Scythian marauders hailing from the shores of the Caspian , had wrested ... Parthian horsemen . His THE RISE OF CAESAR 197.
Pagina 266
... Parthian aggression was the Parthians ' own tendency to internal dissension . The succession to the throne was endlessly disputed by claimants and counter - claimants ; and about this time , as it so happened , one such quarrel was in ...
... Parthian aggression was the Parthians ' own tendency to internal dissension . The succession to the throne was endlessly disputed by claimants and counter - claimants ; and about this time , as it so happened , one such quarrel was in ...
Pagina 267
... Parthia ; and though in A.D. 2 diplomacy procured the Parthian King's recognition of Augustus ' nominee , the policy ... Parthian influence . If on the Eastern frontier natural barriers were lacking , it was not so in Europe . The merest ...
... Parthia ; and though in A.D. 2 diplomacy procured the Parthian King's recognition of Augustus ' nominee , the policy ... Parthian influence . If on the Eastern frontier natural barriers were lacking , it was not so in Europe . The merest ...
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LAND AND PEOPLE | 1 |
THE REPUBLIC AND ITS ORDEAL | 14 |
THE CONQUEST OF ITALY | 24 |
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