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Antiochus III., who had invited him to make a joint attack upon the boy-king
Ptolemy V. of Egypt and to partition his overseas dominions. With a newly created
fleet the Macedonian king carried several outposts of the Ptolemies in the
Aegean ...
Antiochus III., who had invited him to make a joint attack upon the boy-king
Ptolemy V. of Egypt and to partition his overseas dominions. With a newly created
fleet the Macedonian king carried several outposts of the Ptolemies in the
Aegean ...
Pagina 199
Therefore it resolved to forestall his next offensive by joining in a preventive
attack upon the king. In 200 the consul P. Sulpicius Galba summoned the Comitia
Centuriata to pass a formal declaration of war upon Philip, on the plausible
though ...
Therefore it resolved to forestall his next offensive by joining in a preventive
attack upon the king. In 200 the consul P. Sulpicius Galba summoned the Comitia
Centuriata to pass a formal declaration of war upon Philip, on the plausible
though ...
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Antony's ships by a surprise attack at Actium, but from his bases at Agrippa's
Leucas and Corcyra he succeeded in intercepting the enemy reinforce- navai
ments and supply columns. At the same time Octavian's army g^^st° entrenched
itself ...
Antony's ships by a surprise attack at Actium, but from his bases at Agrippa's
Leucas and Corcyra he succeeded in intercepting the enemy reinforce- navai
ments and supply columns. At the same time Octavian's army g^^st° entrenched
itself ...
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