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... miles from Aggar - The sea - walls of Thapsus , and the mode of construction : descrip- tion of the walls named " formacei " by Pliny - Caesar forms his lines round Thapsus - Scipio follows and makes two camps about eight miles from ...
... miles from Aggar - The sea - walls of Thapsus , and the mode of construction : descrip- tion of the walls named " formacei " by Pliny - Caesar forms his lines round Thapsus - Scipio follows and makes two camps about eight miles from ...
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... miles from the town , but they were met by some of Caesar's advanced force and being quickly driven back retired into Corfinium . Caesar took his legions . over the river and encamped near the town wall . Domitius now sent off ...
... miles from the town , but they were met by some of Caesar's advanced force and being quickly driven back retired into Corfinium . Caesar took his legions . over the river and encamped near the town wall . Domitius now sent off ...
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... miles from Corfinium and on a branch of the Pescara , was ready to surrender , but it was held by Q. Lucre- tius , a senator , and Attius Pelignus with seven cohorts . M. Antonius was sent to Sulmo with five cohorts of the thirteenth ...
... miles from Corfinium and on a branch of the Pescara , was ready to surrender , but it was held by Q. Lucre- tius , a senator , and Attius Pelignus with seven cohorts . M. Antonius was sent to Sulmo with five cohorts of the thirteenth ...
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... miles direct distance from Pompeius , and the first part of his march was through a mountainous country . Pompeius ordered the fresh levies to be brought to him ; and he armed about three hundred shepherds and gave them horses , from ...
... miles direct distance from Pompeius , and the first part of his march was through a mountainous country . Pompeius ordered the fresh levies to be brought to him ; and he armed about three hundred shepherds and gave them horses , from ...
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... - dorp's edition on " medius dirimit tentoria gurges , " which is a mistake . There is a view of Lerida in Hare's Wanderings in Spain . four miles from one another . By these bridges he 48 DECLINE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC .
... - dorp's edition on " medius dirimit tentoria gurges , " which is a mistake . There is a view of Lerida in Hare's Wanderings in Spain . four miles from one another . By these bridges he 48 DECLINE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC .
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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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