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... fell before Antiochus Epiphanes , the number of those sold as slaves , doubtless to these same Phoenician slave merchants , equalled that of the slain . To practices such as these — if , indeed , this may be taken as a sample - which ...
... fell before Antiochus Epiphanes , the number of those sold as slaves , doubtless to these same Phoenician slave merchants , equalled that of the slain . To practices such as these — if , indeed , this may be taken as a sample - which ...
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... fell , in spite of the ambitious dreams of Persian kings and the aspirations of patriot Greeks , that " greatest of all islands , " the island of Sardinia ; 5 theirs were the Ægatian and the Liparæan , the Balearic and the Pityusian ...
... fell , in spite of the ambitious dreams of Persian kings and the aspirations of patriot Greeks , that " greatest of all islands , " the island of Sardinia ; 5 theirs were the Ægatian and the Liparæan , the Balearic and the Pityusian ...
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... fell ( B.C. 332 ) , but the great Tyrian city in the Bay of Tunis still remained ; and to Carthage did the few Tyrians- young children or old men - who alone escaped , transfer 1 Hanno's Periplus , see below , pp . 38-42 ; Polyb . iii ...
... fell ( B.C. 332 ) , but the great Tyrian city in the Bay of Tunis still remained ; and to Carthage did the few Tyrians- young children or old men - who alone escaped , transfer 1 Hanno's Periplus , see below , pp . 38-42 ; Polyb . iii ...
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... fell only on the wealthy ; and these , when once they had been so chosen , were responsible to no one for the exercise of their patronage , 1 and filled up the vacancies in the Hundred from among themselves . like the members of a close ...
... fell only on the wealthy ; and these , when once they had been so chosen , were responsible to no one for the exercise of their patronage , 1 and filled up the vacancies in the Hundred from among themselves . like the members of a close ...
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... fell inversely with the tide , but still no image . At Carthage Melcarth had not even a temple . The whole city was his temple , and he refused to be localised in any particular part of it . He received , there is reason to believe , no ...
... fell inversely with the tide , but still no image . At Carthage Melcarth had not even a temple . The whole city was his temple , and he refused to be localised in any particular part of it . He received , there is reason to believe , no ...
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