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Page xiii
... 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 of his troops - Saburra prepares to meet ...
... 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 of his troops - Saburra prepares to meet ...
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... night he advances to join Labienus and Petreius - Caesar's army in want of food : his men collect sea - weed from the shore , and by washing it in fresh water supply the beasts with fodder - The fucus saccharinus is still used by the ...
... night he advances to join Labienus and Petreius - Caesar's army in want of food : his men collect sea - weed from the shore , and by washing it in fresh water supply the beasts with fodder - The fucus saccharinus is still used by the ...
Page xxx
... night sally from the town - The sally is unsuccessful — Ategua surrenders to Caesar on the 19th of February , B.C. 45 — The narrative of the author of the Spanish war is in parts unintelligible - Cn . Pompeius moves to Ucubis : he puts ...
... night sally from the town - The sally is unsuccessful — Ategua surrenders to Caesar on the 19th of February , B.C. 45 — The narrative of the author of the Spanish war is in parts unintelligible - Cn . Pompeius moves to Ucubis : he puts ...
Page xxxi
... night sally , but his cavalry overtakes and destroys them - Caesar recovers possession of Hispalis and takes Asta - Cn . Pompeius escapes by sea from Carteia , lands in another place , is pursued by Didius , and killed - His head is ...
... night sally , but his cavalry overtakes and destroys them - Caesar recovers possession of Hispalis and takes Asta - Cn . Pompeius escapes by sea from Carteia , lands in another place , is pursued by Didius , and killed - His head is ...
Page xxxiv
... night by the burning pile - The Jews crowd round the spot where the body of their benefactor is burnt - The civil war after Caesar's death - Caesar Octavianus again unites the Roman empire , and an imperial dynasty is founded , PAGE 419 ...
... night by the burning pile - The Jews crowd round the spot where the body of their benefactor is burnt - The civil war after Caesar's death - Caesar Octavianus again unites the Roman empire , and an imperial dynasty is founded , PAGE 419 ...
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