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... means of dispensing with personal military service . They therefore employed mercenaries , but , as their generals were not also magistrates , they were able , unlike the Romans , to keep on the same commander for any number of years ...
... means of dispensing with personal military service . They therefore employed mercenaries , but , as their generals were not also magistrates , they were able , unlike the Romans , to keep on the same commander for any number of years ...
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... means 6 1. 2. Ticinum . The Ticino , one of the northern tributaries of the Po , runs through Lake Maggiore . The engagement must have taken place in the plain between the Sesia and the Ticino , not far from Vercelli . iungunt . So ...
... means 6 1. 2. Ticinum . The Ticino , one of the northern tributaries of the Po , runs through Lake Maggiore . The engagement must have taken place in the plain between the Sesia and the Ticino , not far from Vercelli . iungunt . So ...
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... means , ' I allow others to have access to me . ' Hannibal here is taking upon himself what no Roman general in those days would have dared to promise . But the citizen of Carthage had a very slight amount of practical influence . He ...
... means , ' I allow others to have access to me . ' Hannibal here is taking upon himself what no Roman general in those days would have dared to promise . But the citizen of Carthage had a very slight amount of practical influence . He ...
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... means ' fixed , ' ' established . ' 1. 24. falleret ( opáλλw ) , ' if he were swearing falsely . ' The full form was , ' Si sciens fallo , tum me Dispiter , ' & c . 1. 25. mactasset , ( ' magnus ' ) , ' heap up ; ' hence to sacrifice ...
... means ' fixed , ' ' established . ' 1. 24. falleret ( opáλλw ) , ' if he were swearing falsely . ' The full form was , ' Si sciens fallo , tum me Dispiter , ' & c . 1. 25. mactasset , ( ' magnus ' ) , ' heap up ; ' hence to sacrifice ...
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... means to imply by this that the Roman light - armed troops and cavalry were opposed by the main body of Carthaginians . The Numidian cavalry ' rode without saddle or bridle , as if the rider and his horse were one creature , and scoured ...
... means to imply by this that the Roman light - armed troops and cavalry were opposed by the main body of Carthaginians . The Numidian cavalry ' rode without saddle or bridle , as if the rider and his horse were one creature , and scoured ...
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