100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the PresentBloomsbury Academic, 1. jan. 2000 - 474 sider Key battles have shaped history since time immemorial. This handy reference work spotlights 100 of the world's most important military confrontations, from 1469 B.C.–A.D. 1991. |
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Side 56
... position as governor of Gaul , both Cisalpine and Transalpine ( northern Italy and southern France ) . In Gaul , Caesar hoped to gain the military and financial power that he needed to improve his political position . He wasted no time ...
... position as governor of Gaul , both Cisalpine and Transalpine ( northern Italy and southern France ) . In Gaul , Caesar hoped to gain the military and financial power that he needed to improve his political position . He wasted no time ...
Side 183
... position was not a solid front . It is probable that he did this on purpose to make his position seem less formidable , thus making it more attractive to attack . On the far left , he felled trees and laid them along a ravine in or- der ...
... position was not a solid front . It is probable that he did this on purpose to make his position seem less formidable , thus making it more attractive to attack . On the far left , he felled trees and laid them along a ravine in or- der ...
Side 223
... position . The Spanish army was deployed perpendicular to the shoreline , with the bulk of their troops among the sand dunes just off the beach . Their left flank ( to the south ) rested along a road running toward Dunkirk and a canal ...
... position . The Spanish army was deployed perpendicular to the shoreline , with the bulk of their troops among the sand dunes just off the beach . Their left flank ( to the south ) rested along a road running toward Dunkirk and a canal ...
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Megiddo 1479 B C | 1 |
Syracuse 415413 B C | 18 |
Gaugamela Arbela 331 B C | 31 |
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