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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... javelins , so that the winding stream of the vast river was discoloured with blood , and thus , by the agency of both elements , did the indignation and valour of the conquerors destroy the Sarinatians . 16. After these events it was ...
... javelins , so that the winding stream of the vast river was discoloured with blood , and thus , by the agency of both elements , did the indignation and valour of the conquerors destroy the Sarinatians . 16. After these events it was ...
Side 181
... javelins were incessantly hurled from the battlements by every kind of engine , yet we were pro- tected from that danger by the proximity of the walls . And at last I got in at the postern gate , which I found thronged by a multitude of ...
... javelins were incessantly hurled from the battlements by every kind of engine , yet we were pro- tected from that danger by the proximity of the walls . And at last I got in at the postern gate , which I found thronged by a multitude of ...
Side 184
... javelins by the garrison - And when king Grum- bates makes a similar attempt , his son is slain . - II . Amida is blockaded , and within two days is twice assaulted by the Persians . -III . Ursicinus makes a vain proposal to sally out ...
... javelins by the garrison - And when king Grum- bates makes a similar attempt , his son is slain . - II . Amida is blockaded , and within two days is twice assaulted by the Persians . -III . Ursicinus makes a vain proposal to sally out ...
Side 185
... javelin , he escaped to cause vast slaughter at a future time . 6. After this , raging as if against sacrilegious men who had violated a temple , he cried out that the lord of so many monarchs and nations had been insulted , and ...
... javelin , he escaped to cause vast slaughter at a future time . 6. After this , raging as if against sacrilegious men who had violated a temple , he cried out that the lord of so many monarchs and nations had been insulted , and ...
Side 188
... javelins , and strewed the ground with their bodies ; others , wounded , fled back in haste to their comrades . 8. Nor was there less grief or less slaughter in the city , where the cloud of arrows obscured the air , and the vast ...
... javelins , and strewed the ground with their bodies ; others , wounded , fled back in haste to their comrades . 8. Nor was there less grief or less slaughter in the city , where the cloud of arrows obscured the air , and the vast ...
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