Decline of the Roman Republic, Volume 5Bell, 1874 |
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... crossing from Brundisium to the coast of Epirus to attack Pompeius CHAPTER XII . SCIPIO AND DOMITIUS . B.C. 48 . Livy , Epit . 111 ; Caesar , B. C. iii . 31 , & c .; Dion Cassius , 41 , c . 51 , & c .; Strabo , p . 326 . The rapacity of ...
... crossing from Brundisium to the coast of Epirus to attack Pompeius CHAPTER XII . SCIPIO AND DOMITIUS . B.C. 48 . Livy , Epit . 111 ; Caesar , B. C. iii . 31 , & c .; Dion Cassius , 41 , c . 51 , & c .; Strabo , p . 326 . The rapacity of ...
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... crossed the Cambunian mountains to Larisa , in Thessaly - Caesar takes Gomphi by assault , and Caesar's soldiers get drunk - The city Metropolis surrenders to Caesar - The position of Caesar in Thessaly - Pompeius arrives in Thessaly ...
... crossed the Cambunian mountains to Larisa , in Thessaly - Caesar takes Gomphi by assault , and Caesar's soldiers get drunk - The city Metropolis surrenders to Caesar - The position of Caesar in Thessaly - Pompeius arrives in Thessaly ...
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... crossing the Hellespont in small boats , he falls in with C. Cassius and his fleet , who surrender to Caesar- Caesar saves a second time the treasure in the temple of Diana at Ephesus -Wonderful signs before the battle of Pharsalia ...
... crossing the Hellespont in small boats , he falls in with C. Cassius and his fleet , who surrender to Caesar- Caesar saves a second time the treasure in the temple of Diana at Ephesus -Wonderful signs before the battle of Pharsalia ...
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... crossing the little river Rubicon ( perhaps the Fiumicino ) , the southern boundary of his province of Gallia ... crossed the river , wrote a history of the civil war , and his work may have furnished materials for anecdotes about ...
... crossing the little river Rubicon ( perhaps the Fiumicino ) , the southern boundary of his province of Gallia ... crossed the river , wrote a history of the civil war , and his work may have furnished materials for anecdotes about ...
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... crossing of the Rubicon ; and the comparison shows that Cicero was mistaken , as he often was mistaken , in his poli- tical calculations . Caesar's first consulship , Cicero observes , showed what he would do in his second . Though he ...
... crossing of the Rubicon ; and the comparison shows that Cicero was mistaken , as he often was mistaken , in his poli- tical calculations . Caesar's first consulship , Cicero observes , showed what he would do in his second . Though he ...
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Achillas Adrumetum Afranius Africa Alexandrine Antonius Apidanus Appian Appian B. C. arms army arrived attack Attic battle of Pharsalia brought Brundisium Caesar camp Cassius Cato cavalry centurions Cicero coast cohorts command consul Corduba Corfinium crossed Curio defeat defences Deiotarus Dion Dion Cassius distance Domitius Dyrrhachium Egypt enemy enemy's Enipeus escape fight fleet followed forage force friends Gallia gave Goeler ground Guischardt hill horsemen hundred Ilerda island Italy join Juba killed king Labienus land legatus legions Lentulus Leptis letter Marcellus Massilia Massiliots miles military missiles Mithridates named narrative ninth legion occupied Octavius ordered peius Petreius Pharnaces Pharsalus Plutarch Pompeius port possession praetor protect province rampart received rest retreat river Rome Ruspina sailed says Scipio seized Senate ships Sicily side soldiers soon Spain Strabo Suetonius supplies supposed Thapsus Thessaly took town tribunes troops Utica Varus Vatinius vessels victory
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