Decline of the Roman Republic, Volume 5Bell, 1874 |
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Page xii
... force superior to his own , and by the single superiority of his manœuvres PAGE 47 CHAPTER VI . M. TERENTIUS VARRO . B.C. 49 . Livy , Epit . 110 ; Caesar , B. C. ii . 17-21 ; Dion Cassius , 41 , c . 18-37 . Varro's conduct in Further ...
... force superior to his own , and by the single superiority of his manœuvres PAGE 47 CHAPTER VI . M. TERENTIUS VARRO . B.C. 49 . Livy , Epit . 110 ; Caesar , B. C. ii . 17-21 ; Dion Cassius , 41 , c . 18-37 . Varro's conduct in Further ...
Page xiii
... force - Curio's cavalry attack the enemy by night and kill many of them - Curio leaves the Castra and confidently advances against the enemy -Juba sends forward Spanish and Gallic horsemen to support Saburra , and follows with the rest ...
... force - Curio's cavalry attack the enemy by night and kill many of them - Curio leaves the Castra and confidently advances against the enemy -Juba sends forward Spanish and Gallic horsemen to support Saburra , and follows with the rest ...
Page xvii
... force attempts to surprise the legion of Pompeius in the old camp - Caesar breaks into this camp with his left wing , but his right wing does not - Pompeius with five legions comes to the relief of his single legion - Caesar's men are ...
... force attempts to surprise the legion of Pompeius in the old camp - Caesar breaks into this camp with his left wing , but his right wing does not - Pompeius with five legions comes to the relief of his single legion - Caesar's men are ...
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... force engaged in the battle-- Appian's statement of the numbers on both sides - Caesar's order of battle , and his ... forces meet , the cavalry spring forward from Pompeius ' left wing , but are put to flight by Caesar's reserve ...
... force engaged in the battle-- Appian's statement of the numbers on both sides - Caesar's order of battle , and his ... forces meet , the cavalry spring forward from Pompeius ' left wing , but are put to flight by Caesar's reserve ...
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... force - Before he lands at Alexandria the embalmed head of Pompeius and the seal ring are brought to him— Caesar and the Roman fasces are not well received at Alexandria— Caesar orders other troops to be brought to him from Asia ...
... force - Before he lands at Alexandria the embalmed head of Pompeius and the seal ring are brought to him— Caesar and the Roman fasces are not well received at Alexandria— Caesar orders other troops to be brought to him from Asia ...
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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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