Decline of the Roman Republic, Volum 5Bell, 1874 |
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Side xvi
... ground about Dyrrhachium , and site of the town - Position of Petra , where Pompeius made his camp - Caesar looks after provisions in Epirus - Caesar's line of contrevallation against Pom- peius , and his line of circumvallation ...
... ground about Dyrrhachium , and site of the town - Position of Petra , where Pompeius made his camp - Caesar looks after provisions in Epirus - Caesar's line of contrevallation against Pom- peius , and his line of circumvallation ...
Side 9
... ground and specious reason for the war to a man who had been long wanting a pretext . He was led to war against the whole world , as Alexander before him and Cyrus of old had been , by an insati- able love of power and a frantic passion ...
... ground and specious reason for the war to a man who had been long wanting a pretext . He was led to war against the whole world , as Alexander before him and Cyrus of old had been , by an insati- able love of power and a frantic passion ...
Side 49
... ground when he saw the enemy approaching , and placed his men on two fronts to prevent the cavalry of Afra- nius from surrounding him . With his inferior force Plancus resisted the legions and cavalry of the enemy . While the cavalry ...
... ground when he saw the enemy approaching , and placed his men on two fronts to prevent the cavalry of Afra- nius from surrounding him . With his inferior force Plancus resisted the legions and cavalry of the enemy . While the cavalry ...
Side 52
... ground was unfavourable , they advanced up the hill on which Ilerda stood ; but when they attempted to retire , the enemy who were on higher ground pressed them hard . The ground was rough and broken , on each side steep , and just wide ...
... ground was unfavourable , they advanced up the hill on which Ilerda stood ; but when they attempted to retire , the enemy who were on higher ground pressed them hard . The ground was rough and broken , on each side steep , and just wide ...
Side 53
... ground on both sides of the slope , by a great effort made their way to the top of the hill and by riding about between the enemy and their own men facilitated the retreat . Caesar's troops at the first onset lost about seventy men ...
... ground on both sides of the slope , by a great effort made their way to the top of the hill and by riding about between the enemy and their own men facilitated the retreat . Caesar's troops at the first onset lost about seventy men ...
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Achillas Adrumetum Afranius Africa Alexandrine Antonius Apidanus Appian Appian B. C. arms army arrived attack Attic battle of Pharsalia brought Brundisium Caesar camp Cassius Cato cavalry centurions Cicero coast cohorts command consul Corduba Corfinium crossed Curio defeat defences Deiotarus Dion Dion Cassius distance Domitius Dyrrhachium Egypt enemy enemy's Enipeus escape fight fleet followed forage force friends Gallia gave Goeler ground Guischardt hill horsemen hundred Ilerda island Italy join Juba killed king Labienus land legatus legions Lentulus Leptis letter Marcellus Massilia Massiliots miles military missiles Mithridates named narrative ninth legion occupied Octavius ordered peius Petreius Pharnaces Pharsalus Plutarch Pompeius port possession praetor protect province rampart received rest retreat river Rome Ruspina sailed says Scipio seized Senate ships Sicily side soldiers soon Spain Strabo Suetonius supplies supposed Thapsus Thessaly took town tribunes troops Utica Varus Vatinius vessels victory
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Side iv - Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator; and if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?