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Page 373
... forces to Corinth , since the war was in a manner finished , and the Carthaginians had blocked up the passage , determined to oppose them if they should try to force their way towards the shore . When , therefore , the Corinthians met ...
... forces to Corinth , since the war was in a manner finished , and the Carthaginians had blocked up the passage , determined to oppose them if they should try to force their way towards the shore . When , therefore , the Corinthians met ...
Page 388
... force , sur- rendered himself ; upon which Timoleon spared his life , and sent him away to Corinth , counting it a glorious thing that the mother city should expose to the view of other Greeks these Sicilian tyrants , living now in an ...
... force , sur- rendered himself ; upon which Timoleon spared his life , and sent him away to Corinth , counting it a glorious thing that the mother city should expose to the view of other Greeks these Sicilian tyrants , living now in an ...
Page 416
... force of that weapon . The Pelignians and Mar- rucinians were thrown headlong to the ground , having without consideration , with mere animal fury , rushed upon a certain death . Their first ranks being slain , those that were behind ...
... force of that weapon . The Pelignians and Mar- rucinians were thrown headlong to the ground , having without consideration , with mere animal fury , rushed upon a certain death . Their first ranks being slain , those that were behind ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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