From the accession of Philip of Macedon to the Roman conquest of Carthage and AsiaJ., Murray, 1873 - History, Ancient |
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... fleet and seize Thurii -Outrage on the Roman ambassador Postumius - Pyrrhus invited to Italy- He becomes master of Tarentum - March of the Romans to meet him - Their defeat at Heraclea - Mission of Cineas to Rome - Appius Claudius Cæcus ...
... fleet and seize Thurii -Outrage on the Roman ambassador Postumius - Pyrrhus invited to Italy- He becomes master of Tarentum - March of the Romans to meet him - Their defeat at Heraclea - Mission of Cineas to Rome - Appius Claudius Cæcus ...
Page ix
... fleet - Naval victory of Duilius - Campaigns in Sardinia , Corsica , and Sicily - Naval victory of Regulus - His successes in Africa - His defeat and imprisonment - The war resumed in Sicily - Victory of Panormus and siege of Lilybæum ...
... fleet - Naval victory of Duilius - Campaigns in Sardinia , Corsica , and Sicily - Naval victory of Regulus - His successes in Africa - His defeat and imprisonment - The war resumed in Sicily - Victory of Panormus and siege of Lilybæum ...
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... fleet , decided the issue of the war . In the following spring , Athens consented to a peace which secured the independence of her principal allies , and reduced her revenue from their tribute to only forty - five talents ( B.C. 355 ) ...
... fleet , decided the issue of the war . In the following spring , Athens consented to a peace which secured the independence of her principal allies , and reduced her revenue from their tribute to only forty - five talents ( B.C. 355 ) ...
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... fleet . With his usual activity he marched back to the Gulf of Therma , and laid siege to Methone ( B.C. 353 ) . This last remaining possession of the Athenians on the Macedonian coast fell , like Pydna and Potidæa , through their delay ...
... fleet . With his usual activity he marched back to the Gulf of Therma , and laid siege to Methone ( B.C. 353 ) . This last remaining possession of the Athenians on the Macedonian coast fell , like Pydna and Potidæa , through their delay ...
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... fleets to ravage the islands of Lemnos , Imbros , and Scyros , and even to make a descent at Marathon and plunder the coast of Attica . In November , B.C. 352 , the news was brought to Athens , that Philip had emerged from his obscure ...
... fleets to ravage the islands of Lemnos , Imbros , and Scyros , and even to make a descent at Marathon and plunder the coast of Attica . In November , B.C. 352 , the news was brought to Athens , that Philip had emerged from his obscure ...
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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
Page 133 - As to belong rather to Heaven than Earth — But instantly receives into his soul A sense, a feeling that he loses not, A something that informs him 'tis a moment Whence he may date henceforward and for ever...
Page 224 - The early history of Rome is indeed far more poetical than anything else in Latin literature. The loves of the Vestal and the God of War, the cradle laid among the reeds of Tiber, the fig-tree, the she-wolf, the shepherd's cabin, the recognition, the fratricide, the rape of the Sabines, the death of Tarpeia, the fall of Hostus Hostilius, the struggle of...
Page 303 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 381 - First Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears ; Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard that passed through fire To his grim idol.
Page 82 - Therefore the he goat waxed very great : and when he was strong, the great horn was broken ; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
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.