The campaigns of Hannibal arranged and critically consideredLongman, 1858 - 195 páginas |
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... operations in which Hannibal was personally engaged , merely alluding to the contemporaneous events , military and political , in Africa , Spain , and Sicily , and pointing out the effect which they exercised on the contest in Italy ...
... operations in which Hannibal was personally engaged , merely alluding to the contemporaneous events , military and political , in Africa , Spain , and Sicily , and pointing out the effect which they exercised on the contest in Italy ...
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... operations in Spain at different periods of the contest . Long before the declaration of war , Hannibal had been maturing in his own mind his great project of the invasion of Italy ; and had neglected no measure which could conduce to ...
... operations in Spain at different periods of the contest . Long before the declaration of war , Hannibal had been maturing in his own mind his great project of the invasion of Italy ; and had neglected no measure which could conduce to ...
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... operations , and themselves into active and faithful allies . It was late in the month of May , B.C. 218 , that Hannibal set out from New Carthage on his great undertaking ; and " thus , " in the beautiful language of Arnold , " with no ...
... operations , and themselves into active and faithful allies . It was late in the month of May , B.C. 218 , that Hannibal set out from New Carthage on his great undertaking ; and " thus , " in the beautiful language of Arnold , " with no ...
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... operations , but Scipio being anxious by a rapid advance to prevent a general rising of the Gauls in favour of Hannibal , crossed the Po at Placentia , and marched up its northern bank ; while Hannibal on the other hand knowing well ...
... operations , but Scipio being anxious by a rapid advance to prevent a general rising of the Gauls in favour of Hannibal , crossed the Po at Placentia , and marched up its northern bank ; while Hannibal on the other hand knowing well ...
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... operation was attended with so much confusion that 600 men were left on the wrong side of the river , and fell into the hands of the enemy . Hannibal , not judging it prudent to attempt the passage of such a river as the Ticinus in the ...
... operation was attended with so much confusion that 600 men were left on the wrong side of the river , and fell into the hands of the enemy . Hannibal , not judging it prudent to attempt the passage of such a river as the Ticinus in the ...
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