The Works of Josephus: With a Life Written by Himself, Volume 4Oakley, Mason, 1869 |
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... ARMY TO PTOLEMAIS . § 1. Now the auxiliaries which were sent to assist the people of Sepphoris , being a thousand horsemen and six thousand footmen , under Placidus the tribune , pitched their camp in two bodies in the great plain . The ...
... ARMY TO PTOLEMAIS . § 1. Now the auxiliaries which were sent to assist the people of Sepphoris , being a thousand horsemen and six thousand footmen , under Placidus the tribune , pitched their camp in two bodies in the great plain . The ...
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... army , including the auxiliaries sent by the kings , as well horsemen as footmen , when all were united together , amounted to sixty thousand , besides the servants , who , as they followed in vast numbers , so because they had been ...
... army , including the auxiliaries sent by the kings , as well horsemen as footmen , when all were united together , amounted to sixty thousand , besides the servants , who , as they followed in vast numbers , so because they had been ...
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... army marches . Then does the crier stand at the gene- ral's right hand , and ask them thrice in their own tongue , whether they be now ready to go out to war or not ? To which they reply as often , with a loud and cheerful voice ...
... army marches . Then does the crier stand at the gene- ral's right hand , and ask them thrice in their own tongue , whether they be now ready to go out to war or not ? To which they reply as often , with a loud and cheerful voice ...
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... that it is very orna- mental in peace ; but when they come to a battle , the whole army is but one body , so well coupled together are their ranks , so sudden are their turnings about , so 20 [ B. III . THE ROMAN ARMIES.
... that it is very orna- mental in peace ; but when they come to a battle , the whole army is but one body , so well coupled together are their ranks , so sudden are their turnings about , so 20 [ B. III . THE ROMAN ARMIES.
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... army , what wonder is it that Euphrates on the east , the ocean on the west , the most fertile regions of Libya on the south , and the Danube and Rhine on the north , are the limits of this empire ? One might well say , that the Roman ...
... army , what wonder is it that Euphrates on the east , the ocean on the west , the most fertile regions of Libya on the south , and the Danube and Rhine on the north , are the limits of this empire ? One might well say , that the Roman ...
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Page 479 - By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the...
Page 485 - And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.
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Page 479 - And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee...