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... Rhodian captain Euphranor -- Caesar makes himself master of the island Pharos and of the causeway which con- nects it with Alexandria - Caesar again attacks the enemy at the cause- way bridge , which was nearer to Alexandria , and is ...
... Rhodian captain Euphranor -- Caesar makes himself master of the island Pharos and of the causeway which con- nects it with Alexandria - Caesar again attacks the enemy at the cause- way bridge , which was nearer to Alexandria , and is ...
Page 120
... Rhodian ships ; and Scribonius Libo and M. Octavius commanded the Liburnian and Achaic fleet . But the admiral commanding in chief was M. Bibulus , Caesar's colleague in his consulship B.C. 59. Plutarch ( Cato , c . 54 ) states that ...
... Rhodian ships ; and Scribonius Libo and M. Octavius commanded the Liburnian and Achaic fleet . But the admiral commanding in chief was M. Bibulus , Caesar's colleague in his consulship B.C. 59. Plutarch ( Cato , c . 54 ) states that ...
Page 142
... Rhodian fleet at Dyrrhachium , brought his vessels out of port , and , as the wind was slack , he came near to Caesar's fleet , but the south wind freshened again and helped the ships of Antonius . Coponius however did not give up the ...
... Rhodian fleet at Dyrrhachium , brought his vessels out of port , and , as the wind was slack , he came near to Caesar's fleet , but the south wind freshened again and helped the ships of Antonius . Coponius however did not give up the ...
Page 239
... Rhodian ships of war and a few vessels belonging to Asia , as he says himself . He does not mention the ships of Cassius , which Appian speaks of as being used for the voyage with Rhodian ships in fact Caesar says nothing in any way ...
... Rhodian ships of war and a few vessels belonging to Asia , as he says himself . He does not mention the ships of Cassius , which Appian speaks of as being used for the voyage with Rhodian ships in fact Caesar says nothing in any way ...
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... Rhodian ship lest he should sustain disgrace in his own pre- sence , though he thought that if any misfortune befell the Rhodians , they would well deserve it . The Rhodians resisted the enemy vigorously , and as they always had ...
... Rhodian ship lest he should sustain disgrace in his own pre- sence , though he thought that if any misfortune befell the Rhodians , they would well deserve it . The Rhodians resisted the enemy vigorously , and as they always had ...
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