Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, CaesarE. Arnold, 1903 - 348 pages |
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Page 201
... Parthian vizier came up , and seeing that it would be hard to storm the hill , proposed a conference , holding out prospects of granting a peace , on condition that Crassus should order the evacuation of the Mesopotamian cities and ...
... Parthian vizier came up , and seeing that it would be hard to storm the hill , proposed a conference , holding out prospects of granting a peace , on condition that Crassus should order the evacuation of the Mesopotamian cities and ...
Page 202
... 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 ...
Page 281
... Parthian war . If Pompey risked opposing them to their old leader , it was possible , or even probable , that they would desert to him en masse . They were not given the chance , but were marched off at once to the south , out of harm's ...
... Parthian war . If Pompey risked opposing them to their old leader , it was possible , or even probable , that they would desert to him en masse . They were not given the chance , but were marched off at once to the south , out of harm's ...
Page 337
... Spaniard , Briton and Numidian , were all made Romans of a sort . There was no peril from the external bar- barian for two hundred years . The Parthian Empire was Y slowly dwindling in strength ; the Germans had not yet.
... Spaniard , Briton and Numidian , were all made Romans of a sort . There was no peril from the external bar- barian for two hundred years . The Parthian Empire was Y slowly dwindling in strength ; the Germans had not yet.
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