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... but they did not think any except in special cases , when they supplied its place by different devices . Hannibale , etc .: the emphasis marks the sec- - ond from other Punic wars . duce : foreign officers TITI LIVI ...
... but they did not think any except in special cases , when they supplied its place by different devices . Hannibale , etc .: the emphasis marks the sec- - ond from other Punic wars . duce : foreign officers TITI LIVI ...
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... place of Hasdrubal ( now dead and so making a successor neces- sary ) , ' but Livy says , ' in place of Hasdrubal ( the next commander was Hannibal ) , ' taking the succes- sion for granted and simply oppos- ing the new commander to the ...
... place of Hasdrubal ( now dead and so making a successor neces- sary ) , ' but Livy says , ' in place of Hasdrubal ( the next commander was Hannibal ) , ' taking the succes- sion for granted and simply oppos- ing the new commander to the ...
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... places for siege works . aries : collective , as is shown by pluribus partibus . 3. abundabat , etc .: the arrange- ment is chiastic with both the par- enthetical clause and the main opposition , oppidani , etc. It is to be remembered ...
... places for siege works . aries : collective , as is shown by pluribus partibus . 3. abundabat , etc .: the arrange- ment is chiastic with both the par- enthetical clause and the main opposition , oppidani , etc. It is to be remembered ...
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... .. dedit : this form of expression takes the place of diiudicavit which would have governed id ; it also adds the man- - -- vineas turresque admovet , Carthaginis moenia quatit ariete : Sagunti CHAP . 10. ] 21 LIVY .
... .. dedit : this form of expression takes the place of diiudicavit which would have governed id ; it also adds the man- - -- vineas turresque admovet , Carthaginis moenia quatit ariete : Sagunti CHAP . 10. ] 21 LIVY .
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... place . Only the most care- ful reading can show the marvelous power of the Latin order in this respect . II . in eo , in regard to him ( Hannibal ) .— paternas : i.e. with Hamilcar.sed : i.e. I know my words will not have much weight ...
... place . Only the most care- ful reading can show the marvelous power of the Latin order in this respect . II . in eo , in regard to him ( Hannibal ) .— paternas : i.e. with Hamilcar.sed : i.e. I know my words will not have much weight ...
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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.
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