The campaigns of Hannibal arranged and critically consideredLongman, 1858 - 195 páginas |
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... Capua , Rorarii , afterwards Velites carried the short cut - and - thrust Roman sword twenty and a half inches long , a small round shield , and seven light darts , each four feet long with a sharp iron point . B Heavy Infantry . The ...
... Capua , Rorarii , afterwards Velites carried the short cut - and - thrust Roman sword twenty and a half inches long , a small round shield , and seven light darts , each four feet long with a sharp iron point . B Heavy Infantry . The ...
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... Capua , which concluded an alliance with him , and received the Carthaginian army within its walls . Meanwhile , Marcellus had withdrawn from Canu- sium when Hannibal moved towards Compsa , and , marching by the shorter route of ...
... Capua , which concluded an alliance with him , and received the Carthaginian army within its walls . Meanwhile , Marcellus had withdrawn from Canu- sium when Hannibal moved towards Compsa , and , marching by the shorter route of ...
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... Capua was the greatest result , short of the submission of Rome itself , which could have followed from the battle of Cannæ , and the Campanian towns of Calatia , Atella , Acerræ , and Nuceria soon followed its example , by submitting ...
... Capua was the greatest result , short of the submission of Rome itself , which could have followed from the battle of Cannæ , and the Campanian towns of Calatia , Atella , Acerræ , and Nuceria soon followed its example , by submitting ...
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... Capua and commanding a bridge over the Vulturnus , induced him to place there a garrison of 700 of his best troops . FIFTH CAMPAIGN . The consuls elected for the year 215 were Fabius Maximus , formerly dictator , and Tiberius Gracchus ...
... Capua and commanding a bridge over the Vulturnus , induced him to place there a garrison of 700 of his best troops . FIFTH CAMPAIGN . The consuls elected for the year 215 were Fabius Maximus , formerly dictator , and Tiberius Gracchus ...
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... was thought impossible in her Latin allies ; Samnium and Capua might revolt , but the fidelity of the Latin name was not to be shaken . He forces which Hannibal could oppose to the overwhelming numbers I 2 B.C. 215 . 115 FIFTH CAMPAIGN .
... was thought impossible in her Latin allies ; Samnium and Capua might revolt , but the fidelity of the Latin name was not to be shaken . He forces which Hannibal could oppose to the overwhelming numbers I 2 B.C. 215 . 115 FIFTH CAMPAIGN .
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African allies Apulia Ariminum arms attack battle Beneventum besieging Bruttium camp campaign Campania Cannæ Canusium Capua Carthage Carthaginian Carthaginian army Casilinum cavalry Cisalpine Gaul command consuls defeat defended DICTIONARY encamped enemy engaged English Etruria Fabius favour Flaminius flank force formed front Fulvius garrison Gaulish Gracchus Hannibal Hannibal's Hasdrubal Hastati heavy infantry History hope horse hostile Illustrations Italy legions light infantry light troops Lucania maniples Maps Marcellus MAUNDER'S miles military Minucius neighbourhood Nero nibal Nola Numidians Observation occupied officers operations oppose organise Perusia Placentia plain Plates Post 8vo prætor present Punic R. A. PROCTOR rear reinforce revised Rhone river Roman army Roman cavalry Roman infantry Rome Samnium Scipio Second Edition second Punic war Sempronius senate sent Servilius Sicily siege soldiers Spain Spaniards Square crown 8vo Suessula Tarentum Tifata tion town TREASURY Triarii Varro victorious vols Vulturnus winter Woodcuts
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