Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, CaesarE. Arnold, 1903 - 348 pages |
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... Parthian . Arsacid¿ or the Bactrian Scyths . Internally the problems of Roman history during this period are quite as interesting . While the imperial city was fighting abroad , to maintain her existence and her suze- rainty over the ...
... Parthian . Arsacid¿ or the Bactrian Scyths . Internally the problems of Roman history during this period are quite as interesting . While the imperial city was fighting abroad , to maintain her existence and her suze- rainty over the ...
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... Parthian ambassador ( whom his master afterwards executed for being so outwitted ) , were great delights to him . To outdo the wily barbarian in his own field of lies had an intrinsic pleasure in the execution . Another and most ...
... Parthian ambassador ( whom his master afterwards executed for being so outwitted ) , were great delights to him . To outdo the wily barbarian in his own field of lies had an intrinsic pleasure in the execution . Another and most ...
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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 ...
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... 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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... to the hills , and finally compelled him to halt and stand at bay on an isolated eminence just outside the limit of safety . Then followed a miserable scene of treachery . The THE DEATH OF CRASSUS 201 Parthian vizier came up , 200 CRASSUS.
... to the hills , and finally compelled him to halt and stand at bay on an isolated eminence just outside the limit of safety . Then followed a miserable scene of treachery . The THE DEATH OF CRASSUS 201 Parthian vizier came up , 200 CRASSUS.
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