From the accession of Philip of Macedon to the Roman conquest of Carthage and AsiaJ., Murray, 1873 - History, Ancient |
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Philip Smith. D57 563 1873 V. 2 LONDON : BRADBURY , AGNEW , & Co. , PRINTERS , WHITEFRIARS . NO VIMU CONTENTS . BOOK IV . THE MACEDONIAN EMPIRE AND RISE.
Philip Smith. D57 563 1873 V. 2 LONDON : BRADBURY , AGNEW , & Co. , PRINTERS , WHITEFRIARS . NO VIMU CONTENTS . BOOK IV . THE MACEDONIAN EMPIRE AND RISE.
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... Macedonian monarchy - Education and character of Philip His relations to Athens - Capture of Amphipolis and Pydna -The Social War - The Sacred War - The Amphictyons - Philip in Thessaly - Stopped at Thermopyla by the Athenians - Sparta ...
... Macedonian monarchy - Education and character of Philip His relations to Athens - Capture of Amphipolis and Pydna -The Social War - The Sacred War - The Amphictyons - Philip in Thessaly - Stopped at Thermopyla by the Athenians - Sparta ...
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... Macedonia - Restoration of Thebes - Successes of Anti- gonus in Greece - General pacification - Cassander master of ... Macedonian period - Schools of philosophy 93-128 BOOK V. ITALY AND THE RISE OF THE ROMAN STATE . FROM THE EARLIEST ...
... Macedonia - Restoration of Thebes - Successes of Anti- gonus in Greece - General pacification - Cassander master of ... Macedonian period - Schools of philosophy 93-128 BOOK V. ITALY AND THE RISE OF THE ROMAN STATE . FROM THE EARLIEST ...
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... MACEDONIAN AND ASIATIC WARS.-B.C. 220 TO B.C. 187 . Accession of Philip V. - State of Macedonia and Greece - Philip's part in the Social War - His alliance with Carthage - First Macedonian War - Anti- Macedonian League - Attalus and the ...
... MACEDONIAN AND ASIATIC WARS.-B.C. 220 TO B.C. 187 . Accession of Philip V. - State of Macedonia and Greece - Philip's part in the Social War - His alliance with Carthage - First Macedonian War - Anti- Macedonian League - Attalus and the ...
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... - Religion and Manners -Roman Literature 535-568 ANCIENT CARTHAGE ANCIENT ITALY ANCIENT ROME . ZEUGITANA · PLAN OF CANNE MAPS AND PLANS . Frontispiece . Page 129 155 359 " " 440 1 P BOOK IV . THE MACEDONIAN EMPIRE AND RISE xi.
... - Religion and Manners -Roman Literature 535-568 ANCIENT CARTHAGE ANCIENT ITALY ANCIENT ROME . ZEUGITANA · PLAN OF CANNE MAPS AND PLANS . Frontispiece . Page 129 155 359 " " 440 1 P BOOK IV . THE MACEDONIAN EMPIRE AND RISE xi.
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Page 32 - And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
Page 32 - The ram which thou sawest having two horns, are the kings of Media and Persia. And the rough goat is the king of Grecia : and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Page 37 - Guard them, and him within protect from harms. He can requite thee; for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses
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Page 37 - Yet nature's charms, the hills and woods, The sweeping vales, and foaming floods, Are free alike to all. In days when daisies deck the ground, And blackbirds whistle clear, With honest joy our hearts will bound, To see the coming year : On braes when we please, then, We'll sit and sowth a tune ; Syne rhyme till't, we'll time till't, And sing't when we hae done.
Page 222 - LARS PORSENA of Clusium By the Nine Gods he swore That the great house of Tarquin Should suffer wrong no more. By the Nine Gods he swore it, And named a trysting day, And bade his messengers ride forth, East and west and south and north, To summon his array.