A History of the World from the Earliest Records to the Present Time: From the accession of Philip of Macedon to the Roman conquest of Carthage and AsiaD. Appleton, 1865 |
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... fact , the position in which Sparta had been left by the Theban War disabled her from any effective aid to the common cause in the approaching crisis . It was easy for Thebes to organize a con- federacy of the northern states against ...
... fact , the position in which Sparta had been left by the Theban War disabled her from any effective aid to the common cause in the approaching crisis . It was easy for Thebes to organize a con- federacy of the northern states against ...
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... fact to do better for them than they did for themselves . All this practical advice is pointed by keen reproofs : - " What does it matter whether Philip is dead or sick , since , should anything befall him , you would soon make ...
... fact to do better for them than they did for themselves . All this practical advice is pointed by keen reproofs : - " What does it matter whether Philip is dead or sick , since , should anything befall him , you would soon make ...
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... fact , to have been too much absorbed in their rivalry with Sparta , to spare a thought for the remoter danger from Philip . The reports of the other envoys were not much more encouraging ; and such was the general despondency at Athens ...
... fact , to have been too much absorbed in their rivalry with Sparta , to spare a thought for the remoter danger from Philip . The reports of the other envoys were not much more encouraging ; and such was the general despondency at Athens ...
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... fact , was very small . The Thessalians , indeed , who had become almost a dependency of Macedonia , contributed their celebrated cavalry , and bodies of hoplites were raised in various parts of Greece . But mutual jealousy , combined ...
... fact , was very small . The Thessalians , indeed , who had become almost a dependency of Macedonia , contributed their celebrated cavalry , and bodies of hoplites were raised in various parts of Greece . But mutual jealousy , combined ...
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... fact , his tenure of Greece seemed to be endangered by the proceedings of the Persian fleet , under the able command of Memnon , who was proceeding to execute his plan of carrying the war to the opposite shores of the Ægaan . He had ...
... fact , his tenure of Greece seemed to be endangered by the proceedings of the Persian fleet , under the able command of Memnon , who was proceeding to execute his plan of carrying the war to the opposite shores of the Ægaan . He had ...
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Achæan Africa Agathocles Alexander Alexander's alliance allies Alps ancient Antigonus Antiochus Antipater Apennines army Asia Athenians Athens attack battle called Campania Carthage Carthaginians Cassander cavalry century chief citizens coast colonies Comitia command confederacy conquest consul Curiæ Darius death decemvirs defeat Demetrius Demosthenes Egypt election empire enemy Etruria Etruscans Fabius fleet followed force formed garrison Gauls Greece Greek Hamilcar Hannibal Hasdrubal Hellenic hill History of Rome island Italian Italy king land Latin Latium latter league legend Lilybæum Lucanians Lysimachus Macedonian marched Meanwhile mercenaries military Mommsen nations party patricians peace peninsula Persian phalanx Philip Phocion Phoenician plebeians political possession Ptolemy Punic Pyrrhus race republic river Roman Rome Sabine sacred Samnites Samnium Scipio seems Senate sent Servius ships shores Sicily siege soldiers Sparta success Syracuse Tarentum Tarquin temple territory Tiber tion trace treaty tribes tribunes Tyre Veientines victory Volscians whole
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Seite 150 - Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow, Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ? Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress.
Seite 32 - The ram which thou sawest having two horns, are the kings of Media and Persia. And the rough goat is the king of Grecia : and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Seite 32 - And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
Seite 365 - Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke by the jutting land on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide...
Seite 502 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Seite 366 - CARTHAGE. Carthage and her Remains : being an Account of the Excavations and Researches on the Site of the Phoenician Metropolis in Africa and other adjacent Places. Conducted under the Auspices of Her Majesty's Government.
Seite 224 - The early history of Rome is indeed far more poetical than anything else in Latin literature. The loves of the Vestal and the God of War, the cradle laid among the reeds of Tiber, the fig-tree, the she-wolf, the shepherd's cabin, the recognition, the fratricide, the rape of the Sabines, the death of Tarpeia, the fall of Hostus Hostilius, the struggle of...
Seite 381 - First Moloch, horrid king besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears, Though for the noise of drums and timbrels loud Their children's cries unheard, that passed through fire To his grim idol.
Seite 82 - Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken ; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
Seite 222 - LARS PORSENA of Clusium By the Nine Gods he swore That the great house of Tarquin Should suffer wrong no more. By the Nine Gods he swore it, And named a trysting day, And bade his messengers ride forth, East and west and south and north, To summon his array.