The campaigns of Hannibal arranged and critically consideredLongman, 1858 - 195 páginas |
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... Siege of Capua , Rorarii , afterwards Velites carried the short cut - and - thrust Roman sword twenty and a half inches long , a small round shield , and seven light darts , each four feet long with a sharp iron point . B Heavy Infantry ...
... Siege of Capua , Rorarii , afterwards Velites carried the short cut - and - thrust Roman sword twenty and a half inches long , a small round shield , and seven light darts , each four feet long with a sharp iron point . B Heavy Infantry ...
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... siege and of field artillery . They established also a transport corps under military officers , furnished with its train of carts , horses , and mules . It is not to be supposed that the soldiers commanded by Hannibal in the second ...
... siege and of field artillery . They established also a transport corps under military officers , furnished with its train of carts , horses , and mules . It is not to be supposed that the soldiers commanded by Hannibal in the second ...
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... siege to that city , and although left entirely to its own resources by its covenanted protectors , it was no sooner taken , after a heroic defence of eight months , than the Romans sent ambassadors to Carthage to demand that Hannibal ...
... siege to that city , and although left entirely to its own resources by its covenanted protectors , it was no sooner taken , after a heroic defence of eight months , than the Romans sent ambassadors to Carthage to demand that Hannibal ...
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... siege artillery did not admit of his besieging the posts of Placentia and Cremona , which were still held by Roman garrisons . † He was very desirous to relieve the Gauls from the burthens imposed on them by the presence of his army ...
... siege artillery did not admit of his besieging the posts of Placentia and Cremona , which were still held by Roman garrisons . † He was very desirous to relieve the Gauls from the burthens imposed on them by the presence of his army ...
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... siege to that place and Cremona , in order to deprive the Romans of their last hold on Cisalpine Gaul . But he could not have besieged those places with any prospect of success , because , 1st , the season was very late and his troops ...
... siege to that place and Cremona , in order to deprive the Romans of their last hold on Cisalpine Gaul . But he could not have besieged those places with any prospect of success , because , 1st , the season was very late and his troops ...
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