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Page vii
... Carthaginians , who were their most active rivals . Carthage was a Phoenician colony which had been peaceably established in prehistoric times ( probably in the ninth century B.C. ) on the northernmost point of the coast of Africa , and ...
... Carthaginians , who were their most active rivals . Carthage was a Phoenician colony which had been peaceably established in prehistoric times ( probably in the ninth century B.C. ) on the northernmost point of the coast of Africa , and ...
Page viii
... Carthaginians had become masters of much of the northern and western coasts of Africa , of the islands of Corsica and Sardinia , and of a large part of Sicily , where they were contending with the Greek colonies for do- minion . They ...
... Carthaginians had become masters of much of the northern and western coasts of Africa , of the islands of Corsica and Sardinia , and of a large part of Sicily , where they were contending with the Greek colonies for do- minion . They ...
Page ix
... Carthaginians , and for the first time , in 264 B.C. , a Roman army crossed the strait into Sicily . The success of this army drew Hiero to join the Roman cause , and a war was begun which lasted more than twenty years . The possession ...
... Carthaginians , and for the first time , in 264 B.C. , a Roman army crossed the strait into Sicily . The success of this army drew Hiero to join the Roman cause , and a war was begun which lasted more than twenty years . The possession ...
Page x
... Carthaginian empire which Hamilcar had established in Spain , and founded New Carthage as its capital . The Romans ... Carthaginians , except the city of Saguntum , which had come into alliance with the Romans after the treaty of 241 ...
... Carthaginian empire which Hamilcar had established in Spain , and founded New Carthage as its capital . The Romans ... Carthaginians , except the city of Saguntum , which had come into alliance with the Romans after the treaty of 241 ...
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... Carthaginian defeat was not so de- cisive as to compel the loss of their possessions in Sicily . — Sardiniam , etc ... Carthaginians by threats of war to abandon Sardinia and add a further amount to the sum agreed to in the original ...
... Carthaginian defeat was not so de- cisive as to compel the loss of their possessions in Sicily . — Sardiniam , etc ... Carthaginians by threats of war to abandon Sardinia and add a further amount to the sum agreed to in the original ...
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Page 9 - ... inter custodias stationesque militum conspexerunt. Vestitus nihil inter aequales excellens: arma atque equi conspiciebantur. Equitum peditumque idem longe primus erat; princeps in proelium ibat, ultimus conserto proelio excedebat. Has tantas viri virtutes ingentia vitia aequabant, inhumana crudelitas, perfidia plus quam Punica, nihil veri, nihil sancti, nullus deum metus, nullum ius iurandum, nulla religio.
Page 130 - ... et animus suus cuique ante aut post pugnandi ordinem dabat ; tantusque fuit ardor animorum, adeo intentus pugnae animus ut eum motum terrae, qui multarum urbium Italiae magnas partes prostravit avertitque cursu rapidos amnis, mare fluminibus invexit, montes lapsu ingenti proruit, nemo pugnantium senserit.
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