Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Miscellaneous Litterature, 5. köide,1. number1810 - 400 pages |
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... army fome years before in the war with the Par- thians ; and Julia the daughter of Cæfar , whom Pom- pey married , and who , while fhe lived , was the ce- ment of their union , was alfo dead in child - bed . Cæ- far had put an end to ...
... army fome years before in the war with the Par- thians ; and Julia the daughter of Cæfar , whom Pom- pey married , and who , while fhe lived , was the ce- ment of their union , was alfo dead in child - bed . Cæ- far had put an end to ...
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... army by a certain day , or be declared an enemy ; and Cæfar's fudden march towards Rome effectually confirmed it . In the midst of all this hurry and confufion , Cæfar was extremely folicitous about Cicero ; not fo much to gain him ...
... army by a certain day , or be declared an enemy ; and Cæfar's fudden march towards Rome effectually confirmed it . In the midst of all this hurry and confufion , Cæfar was extremely folicitous about Cicero ; not fo much to gain him ...
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... army was entirely defeated at the fiege of Modena , which made many people imagine that the war was at an end , and the liberty of Rome established ; yet the death of the confuls Panfa and Hirtius , in that action gave the fatal blow to ...
... army was entirely defeated at the fiege of Modena , which made many people imagine that the war was at an end , and the liberty of Rome established ; yet the death of the confuls Panfa and Hirtius , in that action gave the fatal blow to ...
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... army , there being but three nar- row paffes leading into it , commonly called Pyla Ci- licia , or the gates of Cilicia ; one on the fide of Cap- padocia , called the Pafs of Mount Taurus ; and the other two called the Pafs of Mount ...
... army , there being but three nar- row paffes leading into it , commonly called Pyla Ci- licia , or the gates of Cilicia ; one on the fide of Cap- padocia , called the Pafs of Mount Taurus ; and the other two called the Pafs of Mount ...
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... army against them under the conful Papirius Carbo . On the approach of the Roman army , the Cimbri made propofals of peace . The conful pretended to accept it ; but ha- ving thrown them into a disadvantageous fituation , treacherously ...
... army against them under the conful Papirius Carbo . On the approach of the Roman army , the Cimbri made propofals of peace . The conful pretended to accept it ; but ha- ving thrown them into a disadvantageous fituation , treacherously ...
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