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... tribes into their deserts . Other causes also tended to force them into a career of imperial ambition . When Tyre was ruined by Nabuchodorossor , her colonies in the far West , in Sicily , Sardinia , Africa , and Spain , were thrown ...
... tribes into their deserts . Other causes also tended to force them into a career of imperial ambition . When Tyre was ruined by Nabuchodorossor , her colonies in the far West , in Sicily , Sardinia , Africa , and Spain , were thrown ...
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... tribes . Their old enemies , the Greeks , meanwhile were making steady progress . Much of the coast line of Sicily was in their hands , Phocæan colonies were planted on the shores of Gaul , as at Massilia , and on the North - East of ...
... tribes . Their old enemies , the Greeks , meanwhile were making steady progress . Much of the coast line of Sicily was in their hands , Phocæan colonies were planted on the shores of Gaul , as at Massilia , and on the North - East of ...
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... tribes of the desert , swarmed around upon unsaddled horses , and formed the wings ; the van was composed of Balearic slingers , and a line of colossal elephants , with their Ethiopian guides , formed as it were a chain of moving ...
... tribes of the desert , swarmed around upon unsaddled horses , and formed the wings ; the van was composed of Balearic slingers , and a line of colossal elephants , with their Ethiopian guides , formed as it were a chain of moving ...
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... tribes might be won by fair words or show of force , and their homes would then be recruiting grounds for hardy soldiers . The scene was far enough away to be out of sight of jealous rivals , and conquests made upon it were no immediate ...
... tribes might be won by fair words or show of force , and their homes would then be recruiting grounds for hardy soldiers . The scene was far enough away to be out of sight of jealous rivals , and conquests made upon it were no immediate ...
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... tribes . quum præbuissent , oppressi celeritate Hannibalis omi- serunt mota arma . Nec Sagunti oppugnatio segnior 12 erat , Maharbale Himilconis filio ( eum præfecerat Han- nibal ) ita impigre rem agente , ut ducem abesse nec cives nec ...
... tribes . quum præbuissent , oppressi celeritate Hannibalis omi- serunt mota arma . Nec Sagunti oppugnatio segnior 12 erat , Maharbale Himilconis filio ( eum præfecerat Han- nibal ) ita impigre rem agente , ut ducem abesse nec cives nec ...
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