Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarE. Arnold, 1957 - 348 pages |
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... battle in Greece . While he had been marching into Thessaly to face the Democrats , Mithradates had sent reinforcements to join Archelaus , who after his defeat at Chaeronea had taken refuge at Chalcis in Euboea . To watch this new army ...
... battle in Greece . While he had been marching into Thessaly to face the Democrats , Mithradates had sent reinforcements to join Archelaus , who after his defeat at Chaeronea had taken refuge at Chalcis in Euboea . To watch this new army ...
Page 227
... battle , and that there must be no proscription if they returned to Italy victorious . Nor did he conciliate Pompey when he bade him always to remember that he obeyed him as his military commander , not as his party chief , But he was ...
... battle , and that there must be no proscription if they returned to Italy victorious . Nor did he conciliate Pompey when he bade him always to remember that he obeyed him as his military commander , not as his party chief , But he was ...
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... battle upon him on anything like equal ground , the result ( in spite of their relative numbers ) would be more than doubtful . It was his object to contain and check Cæsar rather than to endeavour to destroy him ; his strategy had to ...
... battle upon him on anything like equal ground , the result ( in spite of their relative numbers ) would be more than doubtful . It was his object to contain and check Cæsar rather than to endeavour to destroy him ; his strategy had to ...
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