Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, CaesarE. Arnold, 1980 - 348 pages |
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... Parthian power , which was just advancing to the line of the Upper Euphrates . He met the ambas- sador of King Arsaces IX . , and not only cajoled him into a friendly agreement , but induced him to allow the Roman to have the place of ...
... Parthian power , which was just advancing to the line of the Upper Euphrates . He met the ambas- sador of King Arsaces IX . , and not only cajoled him into a friendly agreement , but induced him to allow the Roman to have the place of ...
Page 197
... Parthian capital . He had resolved to take the shortest route to Seleucia , in spite of the advice of his Armenian allies , who had endeavoured to induce him to draw . near to the Tigris and the Assyrian mountains , instead of plunging ...
... Parthian capital . He had resolved to take the shortest route to Seleucia , in spite of the advice of his Armenian allies , who had endeavoured to induce him to draw . near to the Tigris and the Assyrian mountains , instead of plunging ...
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... Parthian method of war was utterly unknown to the Romans , and the legion , a splendid weapon against any other foe , was useless here . In later campaigns , profit- ing by Crassus's experience , the generals of the West never attempted ...
... Parthian method of war was utterly unknown to the Romans , and the legion , a splendid weapon against any other foe , was useless here . In later campaigns , profit- ing by Crassus's experience , the generals of the West never attempted ...
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