A History of Rome: From 753 B.C. to A.D. 410Methuen, 1935 - 456 pagine |
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Pagina 48
... enemy vessel . So by an ingenious device each ship was fitted with a hinged gangway , which could be lowered suddenly from a masthead and get a grip on the enemy's deck by an iron spike , nicknamed the corvus or crowsbill . The sequel ...
... enemy vessel . So by an ingenious device each ship was fitted with a hinged gangway , which could be lowered suddenly from a masthead and get a grip on the enemy's deck by an iron spike , nicknamed the corvus or crowsbill . The sequel ...
Pagina 61
... enemy cavalry , who plunged in after them . . . . The issue was already decided when the sun's growing heat dispersed the mist and full daylight broke ; and then in brilliant sunshine . mountain and plain revealed the awful scene of ...
... enemy cavalry , who plunged in after them . . . . The issue was already decided when the sun's growing heat dispersed the mist and full daylight broke ; and then in brilliant sunshine . mountain and plain revealed the awful scene of ...
Pagina 308
... enemy were left to enter the northern plains unopposed . While Valens made a circuit by way of Gaul and the Cottian Alps ( where a diversion made by Otho's fleet against the coast involved them in some delay ) , Caecina struck directly ...
... enemy were left to enter the northern plains unopposed . While Valens made a circuit by way of Gaul and the Cottian Alps ( where a diversion made by Otho's fleet against the coast involved them in some delay ) , Caecina struck directly ...
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LAND AND PEOPLE | 1 |
THE ETRUSCANS AND ROME PAGE I | 5 |
THE REPUBLIC AND ITS ORDEAL | 14 |
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