The campaigns of Hannibal arranged and critically consideredLongman, 1858 - 195 páginas |
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... Carthage . On this subject the French historian Michelet , in his " Histoire Romaine , " has the following passage : - 66 " It is not without reason that so universal and vivid a remembrance of the Punic wars has dwelt in the memories ...
... Carthage . On this subject the French historian Michelet , in his " Histoire Romaine , " has the following passage : - 66 " It is not without reason that so universal and vivid a remembrance of the Punic wars has dwelt in the memories ...
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... Carthage - the great Carthage and her mighty empire , ―mighty in a far different degree than Phœ- nicia's had been . Rome annihilated it . Then occurred that which has no parallel in history , - an entire civi- lisation perished at one ...
... Carthage - the great Carthage and her mighty empire , ―mighty in a far different degree than Phœ- nicia's had been . Rome annihilated it . Then occurred that which has no parallel in history , - an entire civi- lisation perished at one ...
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... Carthage perished almost all the documents which would have conveyed to posterity a full idea of the character and institutions of Rome's great rival . But we can perceive how inferior Carthage was to her competitor in military spirit ...
... Carthage perished almost all the documents which would have conveyed to posterity a full idea of the character and institutions of Rome's great rival . But we can perceive how inferior Carthage was to her competitor in military spirit ...
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... Carthage was brought to the very brink of destruction by a revolt of her foreign troops . Other mutinies of the Pro- same kind must from time to time have occurred . bably one of these was the cause of the comparative weak- ness of Carthage ...
... Carthage was brought to the very brink of destruction by a revolt of her foreign troops . Other mutinies of the Pro- same kind must from time to time have occurred . bably one of these was the cause of the comparative weak- ness of Carthage ...
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... Ethiopian guides , formed , as it were , a chain of moving fortresses before the whole army . " The Spaniards and Africans were armed with helmets and shields ; and , for offensive weapons , with C 2 INTROD . 19 ROME AND CARTHAGE .
... Ethiopian guides , formed , as it were , a chain of moving fortresses before the whole army . " The Spaniards and Africans were armed with helmets and shields ; and , for offensive weapons , with C 2 INTROD . 19 ROME AND CARTHAGE .
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