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... Sicily , and pointing out the effect which they exercised on the contest in Italy , and on the final evacuation of that peninsula by Hannibal . I have endeavoured to avoid fatiguing the reader with useless details , and to present only ...
... Sicily , and pointing out the effect which they exercised on the contest in Italy , and on the final evacuation of that peninsula by Hannibal . I have endeavoured to avoid fatiguing the reader with useless details , and to present only ...
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... Sicily , and thence , if circum- stances were favourable , to make a descent on Africa , in the hope by threatening Carthage to recall Hannibal to its defence . But Hannibal had not neglected among his other preparations to provide ...
... Sicily , and thence , if circum- stances were favourable , to make a descent on Africa , in the hope by threatening Carthage to recall Hannibal to its defence . But Hannibal had not neglected among his other preparations to provide ...
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... Sicily , and despatched them to reinforce Scipio on the Po . Sempronius was with his army at Lilybæum , the furthest point of Sicily , when he received his orders ; and it may give a small idea of the immensely increased facilities ...
... Sicily , and despatched them to reinforce Scipio on the Po . Sempronius was with his army at Lilybæum , the furthest point of Sicily , when he received his orders ; and it may give a small idea of the immensely increased facilities ...
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... declaration with an invasion of Africa , for which purpose Sicily would have served as a convenient stepping - stone and base of operations . Such an energetic proceeding on the part of Rome would OBS . 43 FIRST CAMPAIGN . Observations.
... declaration with an invasion of Africa , for which purpose Sicily would have served as a convenient stepping - stone and base of operations . Such an energetic proceeding on the part of Rome would OBS . 43 FIRST CAMPAIGN . Observations.
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... Sicily , one in Sardinia , and another at Tarentum ; and the total forces which were maintained in the pay of the republic during this year , including Italian allies , amounted to the large number of 110,000 men . Early in the spring ...
... Sicily , one in Sardinia , and another at Tarentum ; and the total forces which were maintained in the pay of the republic during this year , including Italian allies , amounted to the large number of 110,000 men . Early in the spring ...
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