The Roman History of Appian of Alexandria: The foreign warsG. Bell, 1899 |
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... guard in Campania to ward off the Samnite incursions . These guards , partaking of the luxury and profuseness of the Campanians , were corrupted in their habits and began to envy the riches of these people , being themselves very poor ...
... guard in Campania to ward off the Samnite incursions . These guards , partaking of the luxury and profuseness of the Campanians , were corrupted in their habits and began to envy the riches of these people , being themselves very poor ...
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... guards over them . In this way the Tarentines gained a clear perception of their own folly . IX . FROM THE SAME 1. Some ... guard , and he contracted an alliance with the Mamertines , who dwelt on the other side of the strait of Sicily ...
... guards over them . In this way the Tarentines gained a clear perception of their own folly . IX . FROM THE SAME 1. Some ... guard , and he contracted an alliance with the Mamertines , who dwelt on the other side of the strait of Sicily ...
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... guards who had been guilty of this revolt back to Rome . They were beaten with rods in the forum , then beheaded , and their bodies cast away unburied . Decius , being placed un- der strict guard , in the discouragement of a blind man ...
... guards who had been guilty of this revolt back to Rome . They were beaten with rods in the forum , then beheaded , and their bodies cast away unburied . Decius , being placed un- der strict guard , in the discouragement of a blind man ...
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... guards to attend the festival of Saturn , on the condition that if the city ac- cepted the terms offered by him they should be free , but if not that they should return to him at the end of the festival . Although the prisoners ...
... guards to attend the festival of Saturn , on the condition that if the city ac- cepted the terms offered by him they should be free , but if not that they should return to him at the end of the festival . Although the prisoners ...
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... guard , and there he was surrounded by the enemy . The latter being assailed in the rear by the tenth legion were destroyed , although they were 60,000 in number . The Nervii were the descendants of the Cimbri and Teutones . 699 Cæsar ...
... guard , and there he was surrounded by the enemy . The latter being assailed in the rear by the tenth legion were destroyed , although they were 60,000 in number . The Nervii were the descendants of the Cimbri and Teutones . 699 Cæsar ...
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