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Page ix
360 394 Conon defeats the Lacedæmonian fleet near Cnidus . The allies
defeated by Agesilaus in the battle of Coronea . xcvii . 3 . | 364 | 390 Rome burnt
by the Gauls . Age of Plato , Conon , Iphicrates , Camillus . xcviii . 1 . 366 . 1 388
Peace ...
360 394 Conon defeats the Lacedæmonian fleet near Cnidus . The allies
defeated by Agesilaus in the battle of Coronea . xcvii . 3 . | 364 | 390 Rome burnt
by the Gauls . Age of Plato , Conon , Iphicrates , Camillus . xcviii . 1 . 366 . 1 388
Peace ...
Page xiv
586 | 168 Battle of Pydna , in which Perses is defeated by Paulus Æmilius , and
Macedonia reduced to a Roman province . Age of Terence , Polybius , Pacuvius ,
Hipparchus , Carneades , & c . clvii . 4 . 605 149 Third Punic war begins . clviii .
586 | 168 Battle of Pydna , in which Perses is defeated by Paulus Æmilius , and
Macedonia reduced to a Roman province . Age of Terence , Polybius , Pacuvius ,
Hipparchus , Carneades , & c . clvii . 4 . 605 149 Third Punic war begins . clviii .
Page xv
B . C . | 672 82 Sylla defeats the younger Marius , and is made dictator . 676 78
Death of Sylla . 679 75 Bithynia left by Nicomedes to the Romans . 1681 73
Servile war begins under Spartacus . 71 Spartacus defeated by Crassus and
Pompey .
B . C . | 672 82 Sylla defeats the younger Marius , and is made dictator . 676 78
Death of Sylla . 679 75 Bithynia left by Nicomedes to the Romans . 1681 73
Servile war begins under Spartacus . 71 Spartacus defeated by Crassus and
Pompey .
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B . C . 718 36 Pompey the younger defeated in Sicily by . | Octavius . 32 Octavius
and Antony prepare for war . 723 31 Battle of Actium . 724 30 Alexandria taken ,
and Egypt reduced to a Roman province . 27 Title of Augustus given to Octavius ...
B . C . 718 36 Pompey the younger defeated in Sicily by . | Octavius . 32 Octavius
and Antony prepare for war . 723 31 Battle of Actium . 724 30 Alexandria taken ,
and Egypt reduced to a Roman province . 27 Title of Augustus given to Octavius ...
Page xx
36 1026 | 273 Zenobia defeated by Aurelian at Edessa . | Age of Longinus . 1028
275 Aurelian killed and succeeded by Tacitus , who reigned only six months ,
and was succeeded by Probus . Nakit 1035 282 Probus killed by his soldiers ,
and ...
36 1026 | 273 Zenobia defeated by Aurelian at Edessa . | Age of Longinus . 1028
275 Aurelian killed and succeeded by Tacitus , who reigned only six months ,
and was succeeded by Probus . Nakit 1035 282 Probus killed by his soldiers ,
and ...
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Page 214 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 246 - Caesar et omnis luli progenies magnum caeli ventura sub axem. 790 hic vir, hic est, tibi quem promitti saepius audis, Augustus Caesar, divi genus, aurea condet saecula qui rursus Latio regnata per arva Saturno quondam, super et Garamantas et Indos proferet imperium ; iacet extra sidera tellus, extra anni solisque vias, ubi caelifer Atlas axem umero torquet stellis ardentibus aptum.
Page 46 - Arctic, on the East by the Pacific, and on the South by the Indian Ocean ; its Western boundary, which separates it from Europe, has already been described.
Page 103 - Portus ab accessu ventorum immotus et ingens 570 ipse; sed horrificis iuxta tonat Aetna ruinis interdumque atram prorumpit ad aethera nubem, turbine fumantem piceo et candente favilla, attollitque globos flammarum et sidera lambit: interdum scopulos avolsaque viscera montis 575 erigit eructans liquefactaque saxa sub auras cum gemitu glomerat fundoque exaestuat imo.
Page 103 - Scylla latus, laevum implacata Charybdis Obsidet, atque imo barathri ter gurgite vastos Sorbet in abruptum fluctus, rursusque sub auras Erigit alternos et sidera verberat unda. At Scyllam caecis cohibet spelunca latebris, 425 Ora exsertantem et naves in saxa trahentem. Prima hominis facies et pulchro pectore virgo Pube tenus, postrema immani corpore pistrix Delphinum caudas utero commissa luporum.
Page 248 - Temple (so celebrated in antiquity) of Jupiter Hammon, said to have been founded by Bacchus, in gratitude to his father Jupiter, who appeared to him, when perishing with thirst, in the form of a ram, and shewed him a fountain.
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| Title | A sketch of modern and antient geography |
| Author | Samuel Butler (bp. of Lichfield and Coventry.) |
| Edition | 4 |
| Published | 1818 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 1 Dec 2006 |
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