A History of Rome: From 753 B.C. to A.D. 410Methuen, 1935 - 456 pagine |
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Pagina 49
... battle was seriously im- paired ; and in 449 what remained of Rome's naval forces were defeated in the harbour of Drepana1 and a large convoy of her transports went down in a storm . The loss of her supremacy at sea reacted seriously on ...
... battle was seriously im- paired ; and in 449 what remained of Rome's naval forces were defeated in the harbour of Drepana1 and a large convoy of her transports went down in a storm . The loss of her supremacy at sea reacted seriously on ...
Pagina 70
... battle by the Roman host . On that last stricken field the odds were too great even for Hannibal's genius . The Numidian cavalry , once his most dreaded arm , were now ranged with the enemy . The charge of his elephants miscarried ; for ...
... battle by the Roman host . On that last stricken field the odds were too great even for Hannibal's genius . The Numidian cavalry , once his most dreaded arm , were now ranged with the enemy . The charge of his elephants miscarried ; for ...
Pagina 138
... battle , but at last in August they were brought to a decision on the Raudine Plain near Vercellae between Milan and Turin . Their enormous battle - line , a good three miles in breadth , threatened at one moment to break the Roman ...
... battle , but at last in August they were brought to a decision on the Raudine Plain near Vercellae between Milan and Turin . Their enormous battle - line , a good three miles in breadth , threatened at one moment to break the Roman ...
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AUGUSTUS | 243 |
CHAPTER PAGE XXV THE EMPIRE IN THE FIRST AND SECOND CEN TURIES | 331 |
NERVA TRAJAN AND HADRIAN | 359 |
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