Decline of the Roman Republic, Volume 5Bell, 1874 |
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Page xi
... Afranius and M. Petreius , the legati of Pompeius , prepare to defend Northern Spain ; M. Terentius Varro prepares to defend Hispania Ulterior -Afranius and Petreius place themselves , with their forces , at Ilerda ( Lerida ) , on the ...
... Afranius and M. Petreius , the legati of Pompeius , prepare to defend Northern Spain ; M. Terentius Varro prepares to defend Hispania Ulterior -Afranius and Petreius place themselves , with their forces , at Ilerda ( Lerida ) , on the ...
Page xxvii
... Afranius : he moves slowly , and brings back all his force to the camp - Caesar trains his men to meet the enemy's mode of attack ; and as his men were afraid of the enemy's elephants , he accustomed the soldiers to them by using for ...
... Afranius : he moves slowly , and brings back all his force to the camp - Caesar trains his men to meet the enemy's mode of attack ; and as his men were afraid of the enemy's elephants , he accustomed the soldiers to them by using for ...
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... Afranius - Scipio and others after the battle of Thapsus embark in some vessels and reach Hippo Regius - Their vessels are attacked by the fleet of Sittius and sunk - Cn . Pompeius , the elder son of Pompeius Magnus , his brother Sextus ...
... Afranius - Scipio and others after the battle of Thapsus embark in some vessels and reach Hippo Regius - Their vessels are attacked by the fleet of Sittius and sunk - Cn . Pompeius , the elder son of Pompeius Magnus , his brother Sextus ...
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... Afranius . It is said in the eighth book of the Gallic War ( c . 54 ) that Caesar placed C. Fabius with four legions in the country of the Aedui to pass the winter of the year 50-49 ( vol . iv . p . 410 ) , and four legions among the ...
... Afranius . It is said in the eighth book of the Gallic War ( c . 54 ) that Caesar placed C. Fabius with four legions in the country of the Aedui to pass the winter of the year 50-49 ( vol . iv . p . 410 ) , and four legions among the ...
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... Afranius had already served under Pompeius in the wars against Sertorius and Mithridates , and was consul in B.C. 60. Petreius was a more active man than Afranius , and a strong adherent of the Pompeian party to the end of his life .
... Afranius had already served under Pompeius in the wars against Sertorius and Mithridates , and was consul in B.C. 60. Petreius was a more active man than Afranius , and a strong adherent of the Pompeian party to the end of his life .
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Page iv - Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator; and if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?