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... followed by great changes : numerous emigrations took place : Grecian colonies covered the coasts of southern Italy , Sicily , and Lesser Asia . The Dorians , it is said , were led by the descend- ants of Hercules to make good their ...
... followed by great changes : numerous emigrations took place : Grecian colonies covered the coasts of southern Italy , Sicily , and Lesser Asia . The Dorians , it is said , were led by the descend- ants of Hercules to make good their ...
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... followed by the other go- The family of Alexander was now extinct , Roxana and her son having been put to death by Cassan- der . But Antigonus's reign was of short duration : his vernors . ambition was too inordinate ; and a league was ...
... followed by the other go- The family of Alexander was now extinct , Roxana and her son having been put to death by Cassan- der . But Antigonus's reign was of short duration : his vernors . ambition was too inordinate ; and a league was ...
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... followed by the Bactrians . Seleucus II . , seeking to regain the lost supremacy , died a prisoner in Parthia . Antiochus the Great fought in vain against the Parthians and Bactrians : he reduced the rebel governors of Media and Persia ...
... followed by the Bactrians . Seleucus II . , seeking to regain the lost supremacy , died a prisoner in Parthia . Antiochus the Great fought in vain against the Parthians and Bactrians : he reduced the rebel governors of Media and Persia ...
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... followed up his successes so ably after his death , that the Syrians were forced to acknowledge the independence of Judea . Uniting in his own person the dignities of high - priest and prince , John Hyrcanus extended his dominion over ...
... followed up his successes so ably after his death , that the Syrians were forced to acknowledge the independence of Judea . Uniting in his own person the dignities of high - priest and prince , John Hyrcanus extended his dominion over ...
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... Ancus , the succeeding monarch , extended the Roman dominions to the sea , and built the Niebuhr has been followed in this view of the early history of Rome . port of Ostia at the mouth of the Tiber . 64 PART I. OUTLINES OF HISTORY .
... Ancus , the succeeding monarch , extended the Roman dominions to the sea , and built the Niebuhr has been followed in this view of the early history of Rome . port of Ostia at the mouth of the Tiber . 64 PART I. OUTLINES OF HISTORY .
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