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... Italy itself ; and in their old age again with the Carthaginians and Hannibal . Thus , even in age , they had not the common relaxation and repose , but were called forth by their birth and their merit to accept of military commands ...
... Italy itself ; and in their old age again with the Carthaginians and Hannibal . Thus , even in age , they had not the common relaxation and repose , but were called forth by their birth and their merit to accept of military commands ...
Page 42
... Italy which lies at the foot of the Alps , though very powerful in themselves , called in the affiftance of the Gefatæ , a people of Gaul , who fight for pay on fuch occafions . It was a wonderful and fortu- nate thing for the Roman ...
... Italy which lies at the foot of the Alps , though very powerful in themselves , called in the affiftance of the Gefatæ , a people of Gaul , who fight for pay on fuch occafions . It was a wonderful and fortu- nate thing for the Roman ...
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... , or Milan . + Comum alfo , another city of great importance , furrrender- ed . Thus all Italy , from the Alps to the lonian fea , became entirely Roman . third and last was Marcellus , who killed with his 48 PLUTARCH'S LIVES .
... , or Milan . + Comum alfo , another city of great importance , furrrender- ed . Thus all Italy , from the Alps to the lonian fea , became entirely Roman . third and last was Marcellus , who killed with his 48 PLUTARCH'S LIVES .
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... Italy , Marcellus was fent with a fleet to Sicily . The war con- tinued to rage , and that unfortunate blow was received at Cannæ , by which many thousands of Romans fell . The few that escaped fled to Canufium ; and it was expected ...
... Italy , Marcellus was fent with a fleet to Sicily . The war con- tinued to rage , and that unfortunate blow was received at Cannæ , by which many thousands of Romans fell . The few that escaped fled to Canufium ; and it was expected ...
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... Italy . As for those that had faved themselves by flight , they fent them into Sicily , with an order not to fet foot on Italian ground during the war with Hannibal . These came to Marcellus in a body , and falling on their knees ...
... Italy . As for those that had faved themselves by flight , they fent them into Sicily , with an order not to fet foot on Italian ground during the war with Hannibal . These came to Marcellus in a body , and falling on their knees ...
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Page 267 - But did not Chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
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