The Decline of the Roman Republic, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1864 - Rome |
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... carried on war , in a country where supplies were got with difficulty , where the summers are hot and the winters cold , and the commanders would lose more men from insufficient food , clothing , and sickness , than by the risks of war ...
... carried on war , in a country where supplies were got with difficulty , where the summers are hot and the winters cold , and the commanders would lose more men from insufficient food , clothing , and sickness , than by the risks of war ...
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... carried their incursions to the country of the Blastophoenices , as Appian names these people , who were Punic ... carrying off their plunder , and took from them their booty and the Roman standards which had been lost in the camp . The ...
... carried their incursions to the country of the Blastophoenices , as Appian names these people , who were Punic ... carrying off their plunder , and took from them their booty and the Roman standards which had been lost in the camp . The ...
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... carrying off the plunder , and slaughtered them till not a man was left to report the news of the defeat . Such a ... carry off , and he burnt the rest in honour of the deities of war , in conformity to a fashion of which other instances ...
... carrying off the plunder , and slaughtered them till not a man was left to report the news of the defeat . Such a ... carry off , and he burnt the rest in honour of the deities of war , in conformity to a fashion of which other instances ...
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... carried them off to the south . The neighbouring people on hearing of the misfortune of the Caucaei left the plains , and fled to the hills and fortified cities , carrying with them what they could and burning the rest . Lucullus moved ...
... carried them off to the south . The neighbouring people on hearing of the misfortune of the Caucaei left the plains , and fled to the hills and fortified cities , carrying with them what they could and burning the rest . Lucullus moved ...
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... that many of the Lusitani were sold as slaves and carried into Gallia . Galba did not escape at Rome so easily as Lucullus . His crime roused public indignation , or his enemies took advan- 20 DECLINE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC .
... that many of the Lusitani were sold as slaves and carried into Gallia . Galba did not escape at Rome so easily as Lucullus . His crime roused public indignation , or his enemies took advan- 20 DECLINE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC .
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