The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus: During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and ValensG. Bell, 1894 - 646 sider |
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Side 5
... prisoners , were in an unpre- cedented manner exposed to wild beasts , and in the games of the amphitheatre , at Iconium , a town of Pisidia . 2. And as Cicero ' says , that " even wild beasts , when reminded by hunger , generally ...
... prisoners , were in an unpre- cedented manner exposed to wild beasts , and in the games of the amphitheatre , at Iconium , a town of Pisidia . 2. And as Cicero ' says , that " even wild beasts , when reminded by hunger , generally ...
Side 14
... prisoners almost covered with chains , in the lowest condition of squalor and misery ; on whose arrival the racks were prepared , and the executioner began to prepare his hooks and other engines of torture . Of these prisoners , many of ...
... prisoners almost covered with chains , in the lowest condition of squalor and misery ; on whose arrival the racks were prepared , and the executioner began to prepare his hooks and other engines of torture . Of these prisoners , many of ...
Side 31
... tore out his tongue by the roots and threw it , bloody as it was , into the face of the king of Cyprus , who was examining him . 7. After these events the affair of the royal robe A.D. 353. ] 31 TORTURES OF THE PRISONERS .
... tore out his tongue by the roots and threw it , bloody as it was , into the face of the king of Cyprus , who was examining him . 7. After these events the affair of the royal robe A.D. 353. ] 31 TORTURES OF THE PRISONERS .
Side 85
... prisoners whom their own fears delivered to him ; and then he allowed the rest , who now devoted all their energies to flying with what speed they could , to escape unattacked , as his men could not pursue them by reason of the weight ...
... prisoners whom their own fears delivered to him ; and then he allowed the rest , who now devoted all their energies to flying with what speed they could , to escape unattacked , as his men could not pursue them by reason of the weight ...
Side 86
... prisoners , others were slain in the battle , the rest sought safety by rapid flight . III . Some were heat of the § 1. AFTER this , meeting with no resistance , he determined to proceed to recover Cologne , which had been destroyed ...
... prisoners , others were slain in the battle , the rest sought safety by rapid flight . III . Some were heat of the § 1. AFTER this , meeting with no resistance , he determined to proceed to recover Cologne , which had been destroyed ...
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