Epitome of Ancient, Mediæval and Modern HistoryHoughton, Mifflin, 1888 - 618 pages |
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... Succession 2. The Northern War 390 • 394 3. Germany to the Revolution of 1789 . 4. The North . Denmark ( Norway ) , Sweden Russia , Poland 397 409 410 5. Spain and Portugal 414 6. Italy . Savoy , Genoa , Venice 415 ( Tuscany , Papal ...
... Succession 2. The Northern War 390 • 394 3. Germany to the Revolution of 1789 . 4. The North . Denmark ( Norway ) , Sweden Russia , Poland 397 409 410 5. Spain and Portugal 414 6. Italy . Savoy , Genoa , Venice 415 ( Tuscany , Papal ...
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... succession . Volo- geses I. , 50–90 ; Armenia lost . An attempt made by 107-121 A. D. Chosroës ( Arsaces XXV . ) to recover Armenia brought about the successful Parthian expedition of Trajan , whose conquests were , however , abandoned ...
... succession . Volo- geses I. , 50–90 ; Armenia lost . An attempt made by 107-121 A. D. Chosroës ( Arsaces XXV . ) to recover Armenia brought about the successful Parthian expedition of Trajan , whose conquests were , however , abandoned ...
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... succession . Demetrius took the opportunity to seize the supreme power in Macedonia and Greece . He lost his power indeed through arrogance and desire for conquest after a reign of seven years , but his son Antigonus Gonatas after a ...
... succession . Demetrius took the opportunity to seize the supreme power in Macedonia and Greece . He lost his power indeed through arrogance and desire for conquest after a reign of seven years , but his son Antigonus Gonatas after a ...
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... succession : the dictatorship 356 ( the office of magister equitum before the adoption of the Lici- nian laws 368 ) , the censorship actually 351 , legally 338 , the prætorship 337 , the colleges of pontifices and augures ( the number ...
... succession : the dictatorship 356 ( the office of magister equitum before the adoption of the Lici- nian laws 368 ) , the censorship actually 351 , legally 338 , the prætorship 337 , the colleges of pontifices and augures ( the number ...
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... succession . The Cimbri meantime had crossed the Pyrenees and were wan- dering aimlessly about among the Spanish tribes . Defeated by the Celtiberians , they recrossed the Pyrenees , traversed western Gaul , and gave Marius time to ...
... succession . The Cimbri meantime had crossed the Pyrenees and were wan- dering aimlessly about among the Spanish tribes . Defeated by the Celtiberians , they recrossed the Pyrenees , traversed western Gaul , and gave Marius time to ...
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