Decline of the Roman Republic, Volume 5Bell, 1874 |
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Page xiii
... horsemen to support Saburra , and follows with the rest of his troops - Saburra prepares to meet Curio , whose men were exhausted by a long march - Curio is completely defeated , and fights till he is killed — A legion and a half are ...
... horsemen to support Saburra , and follows with the rest of his troops - Saburra prepares to meet Curio , whose men were exhausted by a long march - Curio is completely defeated , and fights till he is killed — A legion and a half are ...
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... horsemen - Their countrymen complain to Caesar , who privately reprimands Raucillus and Egus , who desert to Pompeius and inform him about the weak parts of Caesar's lines - Pompeius makes use of this information for the purpose of ...
... horsemen - Their countrymen complain to Caesar , who privately reprimands Raucillus and Egus , who desert to Pompeius and inform him about the weak parts of Caesar's lines - Pompeius makes use of this information for the purpose of ...
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... horsemen to Sinope , and thence sails to the Bosporus , where he loses his life - Mithridatus of Pergamum is rewarded by Caesar , but loses his life in attempting to gain the kingdom of Bosporus - Caesar gives the Less Armenia to ...
... horsemen to Sinope , and thence sails to the Bosporus , where he loses his life - Mithridatus of Pergamum is rewarded by Caesar , but loses his life in attempting to gain the kingdom of Bosporus - Caesar gives the Less Armenia to ...
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... horsemen - Caesar strengthens his defences at Ruspina , and prepares for his defence - Caesar imports corn for his army - The enemy had cleared the country of supplies , and the cultivated lands were made a desert - Guischardt's remarks ...
... horsemen - Caesar strengthens his defences at Ruspina , and prepares for his defence - Caesar imports corn for his army - The enemy had cleared the country of supplies , and the cultivated lands were made a desert - Guischardt's remarks ...
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George Long. light armed troops ( cetratae ) . They had about five thousand horsemen . Caesar ( B. C. i . 39 ) had sent forward six legions into Spain . He had also six thousand auxiliary soldiers , three thousand horsemen whom he had ...
George Long. light armed troops ( cetratae ) . They had about five thousand horsemen . Caesar ( B. C. i . 39 ) had sent forward six legions into Spain . He had also six thousand auxiliary soldiers , three thousand horsemen whom he had ...
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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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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?