The History of Ancient Europe: With a View of the Revolutions in Asia and Africa. In a Series of Letters to a Young Nobleman, Tom 2H. Maxwell, Columbia-house, 1801 |
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... confederates posted in a large plain , with their camp strongly fortified 193. For some days Ant . Chr . after his ... confederate army were soon broken , and the whole body of infantry routed , though vastly superior in numbers , by the ...
... confederates posted in a large plain , with their camp strongly fortified 193. For some days Ant . Chr . after his ... confederate army were soon broken , and the whole body of infantry routed , though vastly superior in numbers , by the ...
Strona 47
... confederates ; and , during the conflict , Neriglissar king of Babylon was slain194 . Notwithstanding these advantages , Cyrus did not think it prudent , on the evening of battle , to endeavour to force the enemy's camp . He there- fore ...
... confederates ; and , during the conflict , Neriglissar king of Babylon was slain194 . Notwithstanding these advantages , Cyrus did not think it prudent , on the evening of battle , to endeavour to force the enemy's camp . He there- fore ...
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... confederates were concerting measures for degrading the impostor , Darius , the son of Hystaspes ( descended in a direct line from Achæmenes , the founder of the royal house of Cy- rus ) , arrived at Susa , and was thought worthy of ...
... confederates were concerting measures for degrading the impostor , Darius , the son of Hystaspes ( descended in a direct line from Achæmenes , the founder of the royal house of Cy- rus ) , arrived at Susa , and was thought worthy of ...
Strona 82
... confederates to Oebares , his master of horse . And that expert groom assured him of success . In order to make good his promise , Oebares led out the favourite horse of Darius , along with a mare " that the horse loved , " ( to use the ...
... confederates to Oebares , his master of horse . And that expert groom assured him of success . In order to make good his promise , Oebares led out the favourite horse of Darius , along with a mare " that the horse loved , " ( to use the ...
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... confederates , retreated before him ; wasting the country , and filling up the springs and wells74 . By that mode of warfare , in which they hazarded only slight skirmishes , they drew him as far as the deserts beyond the Tanais ...
... confederates , retreated before him ; wasting the country , and filling up the springs and wells74 . By that mode of warfare , in which they hazarded only slight skirmishes , they drew him as far as the deserts beyond the Tanais ...
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