Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 173
... Sertorius had been murdered by his own jealous lieutenants . Returning with his army , he caught the last bands of the defeated rebels as they tried to escape across Northern Italy and cut them up . For this Pompey took over - great ...
... Sertorius had been murdered by his own jealous lieutenants . Returning with his army , he caught the last bands of the defeated rebels as they tried to escape across Northern Italy and cut them up . For this Pompey took over - great ...
Page 236
... Sertorius and Cæsar . Against them he fought not ingloriously , till the fatal day at Pharsalus , when he for the first time met with complete disaster , ruined not so much by his own fault as by the rashness of his officers and the ...
... Sertorius and Cæsar . Against them he fought not ingloriously , till the fatal day at Pharsalus , when he for the first time met with complete disaster , ruined not so much by his own fault as by the rashness of his officers and the ...
Page 243
... Sertorius , the state was freed from a great public danger , while if Sertorius slew or foiled Pompey , there was at least a dangerous pretender removed from the political stage . So the young general was duly assigned the province of ...
... Sertorius , the state was freed from a great public danger , while if Sertorius slew or foiled Pompey , there was at least a dangerous pretender removed from the political stage . So the young general was duly assigned the province of ...
Page 244
... Sertorius reigned supreme . The fact was that the Spanish war was no longer a struggle between the two Roman parties , nor a prolonga- tion of the old contest in Italy between Democrat and Optimate . It was much more like a national ...
... Sertorius reigned supreme . The fact was that the Spanish war was no longer a struggle between the two Roman parties , nor a prolonga- tion of the old contest in Italy between Democrat and Optimate . It was much more like a national ...
Page 245
... SERTORIUS 245 heavily loaded legion , who knew every pass and ravine , who dispersed when beaten , yet assembled within a few days to fall upon the victor's flanks and rear . The army of the rebels , it was said , was like one of their ...
... SERTORIUS 245 heavily loaded legion , who knew every pass and ravine , who dispersed when beaten , yet assembled within a few days to fall upon the victor's flanks and rear . The army of the rebels , it was said , was like one of their ...
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