Ancient Fragments of the Phoenician, ChaldÆan, Egyptian, Tyrian, Carthaginian, Indian, Persian, and Other Writers: With an Introductory Dissertation and an Inquiry Into the Philosophy and Trinity of the AncientsPickering, 1832 - 751 pages |
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... annis vixisse ( in im- perio ) ; et per insidias quas illi paravit filius Ardumusa- nus , e vita excessisse . government of the Babylonians , he appointed his son Asordanius their king , and he himself retired again into Assyria . When ...
... annis vixisse ( in im- perio ) ; et per insidias quas illi paravit filius Ardumusa- nus , e vita excessisse . government of the Babylonians , he appointed his son Asordanius their king , and he himself retired again into Assyria . When ...
Page 62
... annis Postea vero Sammuges annis XXI . et frater ejus annis XXI . Ac deinde Nabupalsar annis xx . et post eum Nabu- codrossorus annis XLIII . ( A Şinecherimo usque ad Nabu- codrossorum comprehendun- tur anni omnino LXXXVIII . ) P. 44 ...
... annis Postea vero Sammuges annis XXI . et frater ejus annis XXI . Ac deinde Nabupalsar annis xx . et post eum Nabu- codrossorus annis XLIII . ( A Şinecherimo usque ad Nabu- codrossorum comprehendun- tur anni omnino LXXXVIII . ) P. 44 ...
Page 62
... annis XII .... Postque illum in Chaldæos regnavit Neglisarus annis IV . et postea Nabodenus annis XVII . Sub quo Cyrus Cambysis ( filius ) exercitum duxit in terram Ba- byloniorum . Cui obviam ivit Nabodenus , atque victus fugæ se dedit ...
... annis XII .... Postque illum in Chaldæos regnavit Neglisarus annis IV . et postea Nabodenus annis XVII . Sub quo Cyrus Cambysis ( filius ) exercitum duxit in terram Ba- byloniorum . Cui obviam ivit Nabodenus , atque victus fugæ se dedit ...
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... annis LII . Hic uxorem duxit Semirami- dem . Post eumque Semiramis ipsa in Assyrios regnavit annis XLII . Deinde vero Zames , qui etiam Ninyas . ( Et continuo singulos Assyriorum reges , qui post eos fuerunt , in ordinem redigens , ad ...
... annis LII . Hic uxorem duxit Semirami- dem . Post eumque Semiramis ipsa in Assyrios regnavit annis XLII . Deinde vero Zames , qui etiam Ninyas . ( Et continuo singulos Assyriorum reges , qui post eos fuerunt , in ordinem redigens , ad ...
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... annis MLXX , trans- latum est ad Medos ab hinc annis ferme DCCCLXX . Quippe Sardanapalum eorum regem mollitiis fluentem , et nimium felicem malo suo , tertio et tri- cessimo loco ab Nino et Se- miramide , qui Babylona con- diderant ...
... annis MLXX , trans- latum est ad Medos ab hinc annis ferme DCCCLXX . Quippe Sardanapalum eorum regem mollitiis fluentem , et nimium felicem malo suo , tertio et tri- cessimo loco ab Nino et Se- miramide , qui Babylona con- diderant ...
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