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... returning to the camp , as if riding for their lives from a pursuing enemy . They had indeed fallen in with the light cavalry sent out by Scipio , who had attacked and driven in the Numidians , and who now , as soon as they came in ...
... returning to the camp , as if riding for their lives from a pursuing enemy . They had indeed fallen in with the light cavalry sent out by Scipio , who had attacked and driven in the Numidians , and who now , as soon as they came in ...
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... returned from the pur- suit of the Roman horse , charged both their flanks , and Hannibal pressed them in front . No troops could with- stand such an onset . The centre legions indeed , commanded by Sempronius , overbearing all opposi ...
... returned from the pur- suit of the Roman horse , charged both their flanks , and Hannibal pressed them in front . No troops could with- stand such an onset . The centre legions indeed , commanded by Sempronius , overbearing all opposi ...
Side 72
... returned to his old camp near that town ; and Minucius immediately occupied the.position ( B ) which Hannibal vacated . With the people of Rome , as with our countrymen of the present day , the only test of military merit was suc- cess ...
... returned to his old camp near that town ; and Minucius immediately occupied the.position ( B ) which Hannibal vacated . With the people of Rome , as with our countrymen of the present day , the only test of military merit was suc- cess ...
Side 74
... dictator . The period of the dictator's office having expired , the two consuls , viz . Servilius , just returned from a success- ful naval expedition , and Atilius , who was elected 74 CHAP . II . CAMPAIGNS OF HANNIBAL .
... dictator . The period of the dictator's office having expired , the two consuls , viz . Servilius , just returned from a success- ful naval expedition , and Atilius , who was elected 74 CHAP . II . CAMPAIGNS OF HANNIBAL .
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... returned to his camp , whence he detached his Numidians to the other side of the Aufidus to cut off the Roman foraging parties , and to prevent the troops in the small camp on that side from getting water , which at this particular ...
... returned to his camp , whence he detached his Numidians to the other side of the Aufidus to cut off the Roman foraging parties , and to prevent the troops in the small camp on that side from getting water , which at this particular ...
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