Books XXI and XXII. Hannibal's first campaign in ItalyMacmillan, 1878 - 327 páginas |
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... of peace kept the weakened army long inactive , to be crushed at length by overpowering numbers . The well - aimed blow failed utterly , and fresh disasters followed , as fleet after fleet was wrecked by storms xviii INTRODUCTION . I.
... of peace kept the weakened army long inactive , to be crushed at length by overpowering numbers . The well - aimed blow failed utterly , and fresh disasters followed , as fleet after fleet was wrecked by storms xviii INTRODUCTION . I.
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... army worthy of its leader ; trained them in a war of outposts to withstand the onset of the legions ; found natural strongholds first at Ercte then at Eryx , where safe within his lines he could defy attack , so long as the approach by ...
... army worthy of its leader ; trained them in a war of outposts to withstand the onset of the legions ; found natural strongholds first at Ercte then at Eryx , where safe within his lines he could defy attack , so long as the approach by ...
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... army except his , there were no levies to meet the legions who might land within sight of Carthage . They had suffered probably far less than their enemy , to whom the war had caused a fearful loss of men and money : but they were in no ...
... army except his , there were no levies to meet the legions who might land within sight of Carthage . They had suffered probably far less than their enemy , to whom the war had caused a fearful loss of men and money : but they were in no ...
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... army . " Multitudinous gatherings like these took time to raise , still more to hold well in hand and turn to good account ; pestilence often hovered in their train , and they were commonly soon shattered by the onset of steady infantry ...
... army . " Multitudinous gatherings like these took time to raise , still more to hold well in hand and turn to good account ; pestilence often hovered in their train , and they were commonly soon shattered by the onset of steady infantry ...
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... army . But the funds were long in coming , and the men shipped cautiously in small de- tachments were allowed to meet once more in Africa , to fan each other's discontent , invent wild stories of the plans hatched for their destruction ...
... army . But the funds were long in coming , and the men shipped cautiously in small de- tachments were allowed to meet once more in Africa , to fan each other's discontent , invent wild stories of the plans hatched for their destruction ...
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