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... Gaul , as at Massilia , and on the North - East of Spain , and nearer home in Africa , the prosperous Cyrene was soon to trouble them with rivalry and war ; Carthage accepted the defiance , and engaged as in a duel that must be fought ...
... Gaul , as at Massilia , and on the North - East of Spain , and nearer home in Africa , the prosperous Cyrene was soon to trouble them with rivalry and war ; Carthage accepted the defiance , and engaged as in a duel that must be fought ...
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... Gaul , and thence across to the Cassiterides or Scilly Isles , at which Phoenician adventure in olden times had stopped in its quest for tin , but from which the Cartha- ginians pushed on to the neighbouring shores of Cornwall and of ...
... Gaul , and thence across to the Cassiterides or Scilly Isles , at which Phoenician adventure in olden times had stopped in its quest for tin , but from which the Cartha- ginians pushed on to the neighbouring shores of Cornwall and of ...
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... Gauls were ranged next to companies of white - clothed Iberians , and savage Ligurians next to the far - travelled Nasamones and Lotophagi ; Cartha- ginians and Liby - phoenicians formed the centre , the former of whom were a sort of ...
... Gauls were ranged next to companies of white - clothed Iberians , and savage Ligurians next to the far - travelled Nasamones and Lotophagi ; Cartha- ginians and Liby - phoenicians formed the centre , the former of whom were a sort of ...
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... Gauls . That enemy was conquered , but not crushed ; the colonies of Placentia and Cremona , whose walls were being built to overawe them , were soon to provoke another outburst , and they were ready to welcome any an- tagonist of Rome ...
... Gauls . That enemy was conquered , but not crushed ; the colonies of Placentia and Cremona , whose walls were being built to overawe them , were soon to provoke another outburst , and they were ready to welcome any an- tagonist of Rome ...
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... Gauls , who were of race akin to the Spanish Celts who fought for Hannibal . The way indeed by land was long and rough , and Punic armies had seldom faced the legions except to be defeated , but Hannibal relied on his own genius , and ...
... Gauls , who were of race akin to the Spanish Celts who fought for Hannibal . The way indeed by land was long and rough , and Punic armies had seldom faced the legions except to be defeated , but Hannibal relied on his own genius , and ...
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