Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E. Smedley, Hugh J. Rose and Henry J. Rose. [With] Plates, Том 111845 |
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... defeat awakened at once the fears and the resentment of Niger . Stimulated by the desire of re- venge , he posted into Bithynia , where he had left a powerful reserve ; and collecting the scattered remains Niger's of the army which had ...
... defeat awakened at once the fears and the resentment of Niger . Stimulated by the desire of re- venge , he posted into Bithynia , where he had left a powerful reserve ; and collecting the scattered remains Niger's of the army which had ...
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... defeated the de- sign of Albinus , who probably wished to contend for the Empire in the presence of the Roman People ... defeat , and nearly wrested the triumph • Dion Cassius , Epitom . Xiphilin . p . 321 . VOL . XI . Lucius From A. D. ...
... defeated the de- sign of Albinus , who probably wished to contend for the Empire in the presence of the Roman People ... defeat , and nearly wrested the triumph • Dion Cassius , Epitom . Xiphilin . p . 321 . VOL . XI . Lucius From A. D. ...
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... defeat the accomplishment of their declared intentions . To illustrate this statement , as well as to describe the general insecurity of life and property which , at that period , prevailed among all classes of Roman Citizens , Dion ...
... defeat the accomplishment of their declared intentions . To illustrate this statement , as well as to describe the general insecurity of life and property which , at that period , prevailed among all classes of Roman Citizens , Dion ...
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... defeat . A battle ensues , in defeated . In Macrinus , on the other hand , was well supported by Officers of courage and experience . The Prætorians , which he is too , who had just been relieved from the more weighty and cumbersome ...
... defeat . A battle ensues , in defeated . In Macrinus , on the other hand , was well supported by Officers of courage and experience . The Prætorians , which he is too , who had just been relieved from the more weighty and cumbersome ...
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... defeat near the city of Resæna . * In his Letter to the Senate , the young Emperor the Senate , acknowledged that he owed his great victories to the admirable arrangements of Mysithæus , and requested that thanks might be returned first ...
... defeat near the city of Resæna . * In his Letter to the Senate , the young Emperor the Senate , acknowledged that he owed his great victories to the admirable arrangements of Mysithæus , and requested that thanks might be returned first ...
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