A History of Rome: From 753 B.C. to A.D. 410Methuen, 1935 - 456 pagine |
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... CONQUEST OF ITALY I. ROME'S RECOVERY ATIONAL character alone is seldom sufficient to account for a people's success in conquering its neigh- bours . Geographical factors also tell , and in this respect Rome was fortunate . Along the ...
... CONQUEST OF ITALY I. ROME'S RECOVERY ATIONAL character alone is seldom sufficient to account for a people's success in conquering its neigh- bours . Geographical factors also tell , and in this respect Rome was fortunate . Along the ...
Pagina 27
... conquest . For , strange as it may seem in so militarist a State , it was not in accordance with the Republic's principles to make war unprovoked , but always either in self - defence against an enemy's attack or in response to an ...
... conquest . For , strange as it may seem in so militarist a State , it was not in accordance with the Republic's principles to make war unprovoked , but always either in self - defence against an enemy's attack or in response to an ...
Pagina 35
... conquest , and , as far as soldiering was con- cerned , an expert commander of troops . The force he brought with him to Italy consisted of professional fighters , trained in the tactics which had recently conquered the East — a phalanx ...
... conquest , and , as far as soldiering was con- cerned , an expert commander of troops . The force he brought with him to Italy consisted of professional fighters , trained in the tactics which had recently conquered the East — a phalanx ...
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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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