The Roman History of Appian of Alexandria: The foreign warsG. Bell, 1899 |
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... Sulla sends Lucullus to procure Ships - Hard Fighting on the Walls - Famine in Athens - Battles Underground - Sulla repulsed from Piræus . 343 Athens taken - CHAPTER VI Slaughter of the Inhabitants- Sulla CONTENTS lxv.
... Sulla sends Lucullus to procure Ships - Hard Fighting on the Walls - Famine in Athens - Battles Underground - Sulla repulsed from Piræus . 343 Athens taken - CHAPTER VI Slaughter of the Inhabitants- Sulla CONTENTS lxv.
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... ships , 8oo vessels provided with cabins , gilded on stem and stern for the pomp of war , with which the kings 1 This is a conjectural rendering ; the text is corrupt . themselves were wont to go to naval combats ; and AUTHOR'S PREFACE 5.
... ships , 8oo vessels provided with cabins , gilded on stem and stern for the pomp of war , with which the kings 1 This is a conjectural rendering ; the text is corrupt . themselves were wont to go to naval combats ; and AUTHOR'S PREFACE 5.
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... ships with decks . At Tarentum there was a demagogue named Philocharis , a man of obscene life , who was for that reason nicknamed Thais . He reminded the Tarentines of an old treaty by which the Romans had bound themselves not to sail ...
... ships with decks . At Tarentum there was a demagogue named Philocharis , a man of obscene life , who was for that reason nicknamed Thais . He reminded the Tarentines of an old treaty by which the Romans had bound themselves not to sail ...
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Appianus (of Alexandria.) Y.R. B.C. 478 sail for Rhegium with 110 decked ships , besides a much 276 larger number of merchant vessels and ships of burthen . But the Carthaginians made a naval attack upon him , sunk seventy of his ships ...
Appianus (of Alexandria.) Y.R. B.C. 478 sail for Rhegium with 110 decked ships , besides a much 276 larger number of merchant vessels and ships of burthen . But the Carthaginians made a naval attack upon him , sunk seventy of his ships ...
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... ships , being exhausted by taxes , yet they levied foot soldiers and sent them to Africa and Sicily from year to year , while the Carthaginians sent an embassy to Ptolemy , the son of Ptolemy the son of Lagus , king of Egypt , seeking ...
... ships , being exhausted by taxes , yet they levied foot soldiers and sent them to Africa and Sicily from year to year , while the Carthaginians sent an embassy to Ptolemy , the son of Ptolemy the son of Lagus , king of Egypt , seeking ...
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The Roman History of Appian of Alexandria: The Civil Wars - Primary Source ... Horace White,Horace Appianus No preview available - 2013 |
The Roman History of Appian of Alexandria: The Foreign Wars - Primary Source ... Horace White,Horace Appianus No preview available - 2014 |
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