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... Prusias , King of Bithynia - His Attack upon Attalus- His Son Nicomedes - Conspiracy against Prusias - Death of Prusias 325 CHAPTER II - Cappadocia in Ancient Times - The First Mithridates - Mithri- dates Eupator - His First Difficulty ...
... Prusias , King of Bithynia - His Attack upon Attalus- His Son Nicomedes - Conspiracy against Prusias - Death of Prusias 325 CHAPTER II - Cappadocia in Ancient Times - The First Mithridates - Mithri- dates Eupator - His First Difficulty ...
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... Prusias on other matters , and , although he had no grievance against Hannibal , and had no 1 This tale is considered by most modern critics a fiction . It is , how- ever , found in Plutarch and Livy . The latter ( xxxv . 14 ) , gives ...
... Prusias on other matters , and , although he had no grievance against Hannibal , and had no 1 This tale is considered by most modern critics a fiction . It is , how- ever , found in Plutarch and Livy . The latter ( xxxv . 14 ) , gives ...
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... Prusias to put him to death by poison . There was a story that an oracle had once said : " Libyssan earth shall cover Hannibal's remains . ” 1 So he believed that he should die in Libya . But there is a river Libyssus in Bithynia , and ...
... Prusias to put him to death by poison . There was a story that an oracle had once said : " Libyssan earth shall cover Hannibal's remains . ” 1 So he believed that he should die in Libya . But there is a river Libyssus in Bithynia , and ...
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... Prusias , king of Bithynia , reminding him that the Ro- mans were in the habit of augmenting the possessions of the kings in alliance with them . They said that , although they had conquered Philip of Macedon , they had allowed him to ...
... Prusias , king of Bithynia , reminding him that the Ro- mans were in the habit of augmenting the possessions of the kings in alliance with them . They said that , although they had conquered Philip of Macedon , they had allowed him to ...
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Appianus (of Alexandria.) Y.R. B. C. 564 ment still due . Thereupon Prusias willingly entered into 190 alliance with them against Antiochus . Livius , the com- mander of the fleet , when he learned that the Scipios were on the march ...
Appianus (of Alexandria.) Y.R. B. C. 564 ment still due . Thereupon Prusias willingly entered into 190 alliance with them against Antiochus . Livius , the com- mander of the fleet , when he learned that the Scipios were on the march ...
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