The Rubicon; Or, Historical Allusions Familiarized,: In Sketches of Early Roman HistoryJ. Souter, School Library, 73, St. Paul's Churchyard., 1830 - 171 pagina's |
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... Pyrrhus from Italy CHAPTER VIII . .. page 89 From the commencement to the termination of the first Punic War CHAPTER IX . .. 110 From the termination of the first Punic War to the capture of Syracuse by Marcellus CHAPTER X. .. 120 From ...
... Pyrrhus from Italy CHAPTER VIII . .. page 89 From the commencement to the termination of the first Punic War CHAPTER IX . .. 110 From the termination of the first Punic War to the capture of Syracuse by Marcellus CHAPTER X. .. 120 From ...
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... Pyrrhus from Italy CHAPTER VIII . .. page 89 From the commencement to the termination of the first Punic War CHAPTER IX . .. 110 From the termination of the first Punic War to the capture of Syracuse by Marcellus CHAPTER X. .. 120 From ...
... Pyrrhus from Italy CHAPTER VIII . .. page 89 From the commencement to the termination of the first Punic War CHAPTER IX . .. 110 From the termination of the first Punic War to the capture of Syracuse by Marcellus CHAPTER X. .. 120 From ...
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... Pyrrhus , king of Epirus * This prince , one of the best generals of his age , desired nothing more than a pretence for en- gaging in a war ; he readily promised to come to the assistance of the States of Italy , and with a very large ...
... Pyrrhus , king of Epirus * This prince , one of the best generals of his age , desired nothing more than a pretence for en- gaging in a war ; he readily promised to come to the assistance of the States of Italy , and with a very large ...
Pagina 103
... Pyrrhus , that he only smiled , and let them go . " " It is a good anecdote , brother ; but every body must acknowledge the folly of drunken- Now , mamma , for the battle . " ness . " In this engagement , the two celebrated bodies of ...
... Pyrrhus , that he only smiled , and let them go . " " It is a good anecdote , brother ; but every body must acknowledge the folly of drunken- Now , mamma , for the battle . " ness . " In this engagement , the two celebrated bodies of ...
Pagina 104
... Pyrrhus brought his elephants into the midst of the fight . The Romans , who had never seen such enormous animals before , thought them prodigies sent for their destruc- tion , and were thrown into confusion . The ter- rified horses ...
... Pyrrhus brought his elephants into the midst of the fight . The Romans , who had never seen such enormous animals before , thought them prodigies sent for their destruc- tion , and were thrown into confusion . The ter- rified horses ...
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Pagina 114 - ... the efficient ally of the Romans in the last campaign of the war, all the territory which she had wrested from him. Carthage also gave up her fleet and her elephants to the Romans, and agreed to pay to Rome a yearly tribute of two hundred talents, and bound herself to enter upon no war in the future without the consent of the Romans. Thus ended the Second Punic War, after a continuance of seventeen years (BC 218201), in the humiliation of Carthage, which now virtually lost her national independence...
Pagina 12 - How happy is the blameless vestal's lot ? The world forgetting, by the world forgot...
Pagina 41 - Thus resolved, they all for some time showed their spirit, and kept their word ; but soon they found, that instead of mortifying the belly by these means, they only undid themselves ; they languished for a while, and perceived, when too late, that it was owing to the belly that they had strength to work, or courage to mutiny.
Pagina 90 - Fabricius, it would be as easy to turn the sun from his course as thee from the path of honor ! " In gratitude for the noble conduct of Fabricius and the Roman Senate, Pyrrhus immediately sent Cineas to Rome with his thanks, and at once released all the Romans whom he had taken prisoners, and sent them home rich with presents. The Romans, nevertheless, still firmly...
Pagina 82 - The last good kins; whom willing Rome obey'd Was the poor offspring of a captive maid ; Yet he those robes of empire justly bore, Which Romulus, our sacred founder, wore: Nicely he gain'd, and well possest the throne, Not for his father's merit, but his own, And reign'd, himself a family alone. When...
Pagina 47 - ... dream, he flew to take up his mother, who had fallen at his feet, crying out, " Oh ! my mother, thou hast saved Rome, but lost thy son." He accordingly gave orders to draw off the army, pretending to the officers, that the city was too strong to be taken. Tullus, who had long envied Coriolanus, was not remiss in aggravating the lenity of his conduct to his countrymen.