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Page 55
... danger threatened the State , it is a mere calumny to assert that they were not ready to do battle in their own persons and to fight , as their mercenaries hardly ever fought , in defence of their hearths and homes . In this pre ...
... danger threatened the State , it is a mere calumny to assert that they were not ready to do battle in their own persons and to fight , as their mercenaries hardly ever fought , in defence of their hearths and homes . In this pre ...
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... danger on the side of Etruria . But Rome was delivered from the Etruscans only ( B. C. 390 ) to find that the Gaul was thundering at her gates . The city was burned to the ground , her temples desecrated , her historical records ...
... danger on the side of Etruria . But Rome was delivered from the Etruscans only ( B. C. 390 ) to find that the Gaul was thundering at her gates . The city was burned to the ground , her temples desecrated , her historical records ...
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... danger behind her , and with nothing in front save some luxurious Greek cities , and some insignificant I 1 Livy , ix . 45 : " Fœdus antiquum Samnitibus redditum . ' tribes of Italian aborigines , to separate her from that.
... danger behind her , and with nothing in front save some luxurious Greek cities , and some insignificant I 1 Livy , ix . 45 : " Fœdus antiquum Samnitibus redditum . ' tribes of Italian aborigines , to separate her from that.
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... dangers from the rear . The town of Erbessus , a few miles to the north , supplied them with abundant provisions , and seemed to remove famine , at all events , from the list of contingencies to which they might be exposed . In this ...
... dangers from the rear . The town of Erbessus , a few miles to the north , supplied them with abundant provisions , and seemed to remove famine , at all events , from the list of contingencies to which they might be exposed . In this ...
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... dangerous waters of the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean . The descendants of these selfsame Phoenicians , the heirs of ... dangers of the sea , not with their aid , but against their most strenuous opposition . Again , the quinquereme was ...
... dangerous waters of the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean . The descendants of these selfsame Phoenicians , the heirs of ... dangers of the sea , not with their aid , but against their most strenuous opposition . Again , the quinquereme was ...
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