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... moft nume- rous and illuftrious in Rome . † Yet fome authors write , that the first founders of this family were called Fodii , on account of their catching wild beasts by means of pits ; for a pit is fill in Latin called fovea , and ...
... moft nume- rous and illuftrious in Rome . † Yet fome authors write , that the first founders of this family were called Fodii , on account of their catching wild beasts by means of pits ; for a pit is fill in Latin called fovea , and ...
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... moft active of his troops , fell upon the enemy's rear , put their whole army in diforder , and killed about eight hun- dred of them . Hannibal then wanted to get clear of fo disadvantageous a fituation , and in revenge of the mistake ...
... moft active of his troops , fell upon the enemy's rear , put their whole army in diforder , and killed about eight hun- dred of them . Hannibal then wanted to get clear of fo disadvantageous a fituation , and in revenge of the mistake ...
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... Moft probably fome deity opposed it , and therefore infpired him with this hesitation and timidity . On this account it was that a Carthaginian , named Barca , faid to him with fome heat , " Hannibal , you know how to gain a victory ...
... Moft probably fome deity opposed it , and therefore infpired him with this hesitation and timidity . On this account it was that a Carthaginian , named Barca , faid to him with fome heat , " Hannibal , you know how to gain a victory ...
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... moft hiftorians give us ; yet fome fay , that the woman by whom the Brutian was gain- ed , was not a Tarentine , but a Brutian ; that fhe had been concubine to Fabius , and that when the found the governor of Tarentum was her countryman ...
... moft hiftorians give us ; yet fome fay , that the woman by whom the Brutian was gain- ed , was not a Tarentine , but a Brutian ; that fhe had been concubine to Fabius , and that when the found the governor of Tarentum was her countryman ...
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... moft of the Taren- tines that way , to affift the garrifon , and repel the be- fiegers . Then the Brutian giving Fabius the fignal , he fcaled the walls , and got poffeffion of the town . On this occafion Fabius feems to have indulged a ...
... moft of the Taren- tines that way , to affift the garrifon , and repel the be- fiegers . Then the Brutian giving Fabius the fignal , he fcaled the walls , and got poffeffion of the town . On this occafion Fabius feems to have indulged a ...
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