A History of Rome from 753 B.C. to A.D. 410Methuen, 1946 - 456 pagine |
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Pagina 47
... town of Messana at the north - east corner of the island . This town was in the posses- sion of a party of freelance mercenaries who called themselves ' Mamertines ' or ' children of Mars ' ; and in 265 , finding them- selves hard ...
... town of Messana at the north - east corner of the island . This town was in the posses- sion of a party of freelance mercenaries who called themselves ' Mamertines ' or ' children of Mars ' ; and in 265 , finding them- selves hard ...
Pagina 206
... town and himself proceeded across the Pyrenees . The Pom- peian forces under Afranius and Petreius were concentrated at Ilerda , on the west bank of the Sicoris , a tributary of the Ebro . After some initial reverses , Caesar presently ...
... town and himself proceeded across the Pyrenees . The Pom- peian forces under Afranius and Petreius were concentrated at Ilerda , on the west bank of the Sicoris , a tributary of the Ebro . After some initial reverses , Caesar presently ...
Pagina 310
... town gave it over to pillage . Primus betook himself to the town bath . On his complaining of the tepid water , the attendant replied , ' It will be hotter presently . ' The remark was picked up and handed on among the troops , who ...
... town gave it over to pillage . Primus betook himself to the town bath . On his complaining of the tepid water , the attendant replied , ' It will be hotter presently . ' The remark was picked up and handed on among the troops , who ...
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LAND AND PEOPLE | 1 |
THE REPUBLIC AND ITS ORDEAL | 14 |
THE CONQUEST OF ITALY | 24 |
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