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Page iii
... great commercial enterprize and prosperity , it was at first only an emporium or factory , but from its advantageous position , and the influx of inhabitants from other colonies , especially from Utica , ( likewise a.
... great commercial enterprize and prosperity , it was at first only an emporium or factory , but from its advantageous position , and the influx of inhabitants from other colonies , especially from Utica , ( likewise a.
Page iv
... great Syrtis . 3. History . The history of Carthage occupies three periods : - i . From the foundation to B. c . 410 , which is the period of the great development of her power . ii . From B.C. 410 to the commencement of her wars with ...
... great Syrtis . 3. History . The history of Carthage occupies three periods : - i . From the foundation to B. c . 410 , which is the period of the great development of her power . ii . From B.C. 410 to the commencement of her wars with ...
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... great terror , from this circumstance ( id ) , that ( quod ) , & c . conceptum , " caused " or " gathered . " majorem , greater than before it was discharged . IX . 4. ne quid ... posset , " that the other side might not be able to ...
... great terror , from this circumstance ( id ) , that ( quod ) , & c . conceptum , " caused " or " gathered . " majorem , greater than before it was discharged . IX . 4. ne quid ... posset , " that the other side might not be able to ...
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... great victory over them in в.c. 223. In the following year Mar- cellus and Cn . Corn . Scipio reduced them to submission . It was in this war that Marcellus killed the Gaulish chief Viridomarus , and won the spolia opima . c ...
... great victory over them in в.c. 223. In the following year Mar- cellus and Cn . Corn . Scipio reduced them to submission . It was in this war that Marcellus killed the Gaulish chief Viridomarus , and won the spolia opima . c ...
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... great roads- the Flaminian , opened B.C. 221 , from Rome to Ariminum , ( for a description of which see Arnold's Hist . of Rome , vol . iii . pp . 58-9 , ) and the Æmi- lian ( B.c. 187 ) , from Ariminum to Placentia . c . supero mari ...
... great roads- the Flaminian , opened B.C. 221 , from Rome to Ariminum , ( for a description of which see Arnold's Hist . of Rome , vol . iii . pp . 58-9 , ) and the Æmi- lian ( B.c. 187 ) , from Ariminum to Placentia . c . supero mari ...
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