Mediterranean: Portrait of a SeaOverview of the historical events that took place in the Mediterranean Sea. |
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Page 209
... Sicily and the Aegates , it is said , was dyed red with their blood . Despite Hamilcar's inspired guerrilla warfare in Sicily , nothing could now prevent a Roman conquest of the island , for the Romans had at last achieved the ...
... Sicily and the Aegates , it is said , was dyed red with their blood . Despite Hamilcar's inspired guerrilla warfare in Sicily , nothing could now prevent a Roman conquest of the island , for the Romans had at last achieved the ...
Page 329
... Sicily . Sicily , that eternal battlefield , was to see enacted over its plains , valleys , and mountain passes a repetition of the drama that had taken place so many centuries before . Once again the island was to be disputed between ...
... Sicily . Sicily , that eternal battlefield , was to see enacted over its plains , valleys , and mountain passes a repetition of the drama that had taken place so many centuries before . Once again the island was to be disputed between ...
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... Sicily had known so many foreign overlords and conquering races that they had developed a cynical attitude and an unspoken resistance to all of them . This attitude found its ultimate form in the organization known as the Mafia ...
... Sicily had known so many foreign overlords and conquering races that they had developed a cynical attitude and an unspoken resistance to all of them . This attitude found its ultimate form in the organization known as the Mafia ...
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Aegean Alexandria allies ancient Arabs army Asia Minor Athenians Athens basin battle became British Byzantine Byzantine Empire Byzantium canal captured Carthage Carthaginians centre century B.C. Christian coast colonies conflict conquest Constantinople Corsica Crete Crusaders culture dominated early East eastern Mediterranean Egypt Emperor enemy English Etruscans Euboea Europe European fact fish fleet force Fourth Crusade France French galleys Gibraltar Greece Greek H. A. L. Fisher harbour Herodotus hundred Ionian island Italian Italy knights land later Levant Levanzo mainland Malta Maltese mast Mediter Moslem mountain Napoleon naval navigation navy North Africa northern oars Odysseus once Ottoman period Persian Phoenicians port ranean Rhodes rich Roman Empire Rome routes sail sailors Saint John Sardinia ships Sicilian Sicily siege southern Spain Spartans strait Syracuse territory throughout trade trireme troops Turkish Turks Vandals Venetians Venice vessels victory West western whole wind