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... marched off with his clients and Gallic spoils , and possessed himself of the Aven- tine . Caius was reluctantly compelled to follow , or he would have been put to death without trial or mercy . He refused to take arms , but placed a ...
... marched off with his clients and Gallic spoils , and possessed himself of the Aven- tine . Caius was reluctantly compelled to follow , or he would have been put to death without trial or mercy . He refused to take arms , but placed a ...
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... marched against the Aventine . The Cretan archers began the attack , and were feebly repulsed , for Opimius , with the policy which works upon a corrupted people , offered indem- nity to all who would lay down their arms . He also ...
... marched against the Aventine . The Cretan archers began the attack , and were feebly repulsed , for Opimius , with the policy which works upon a corrupted people , offered indem- nity to all who would lay down their arms . He also ...
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... marched to the assistance of this tribe , and defeated their invaders at Vindalium . The Allobroges thus repulsed , claimed help from Bitultic , or , as the Romans called him , Bituitus , King of the Arvernii , and feudal sovereign over ...
... marched to the assistance of this tribe , and defeated their invaders at Vindalium . The Allobroges thus repulsed , claimed help from Bitultic , or , as the Romans called him , Bituitus , King of the Arvernii , and feudal sovereign over ...
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... marches through the burning deserts , and suddenly emerged before the town of Capsa . The garrison being surprised , offered no resistance ; yet Marius , contrary to the laws of war , in cases of non - resistance , levelled the walls ...
... marches through the burning deserts , and suddenly emerged before the town of Capsa . The garrison being surprised , offered no resistance ; yet Marius , contrary to the laws of war , in cases of non - resistance , levelled the walls ...
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... marched in by it , and soon terminated the conflict in their destruction . The impoverished Jugurtha now sought refuge in the territory of his son - in - law , Bocchus , King of Mauritania , and persuaded the Gætuli to enlist under his ...
... marched in by it , and soon terminated the conflict in their destruction . The impoverished Jugurtha now sought refuge in the territory of his son - in - law , Bocchus , King of Mauritania , and persuaded the Gætuli to enlist under his ...
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