An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time: Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a General Index to the Whole. ...T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn; A. Millar, in the Strand; and J. Osborn, in Pater-noster Row., 1747 - World history |
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... gave them leave to elect a king of their own na- tion , for the royal family of Pharnaces was now extinct . They chose unanimously Ariobarzanes ; and their election was approved by the fenate , he having , on all occafions , fhewn ...
... gave them leave to elect a king of their own na- tion , for the royal family of Pharnaces was now extinct . They chose unanimously Ariobarzanes ; and their election was approved by the fenate , he having , on all occafions , fhewn ...
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... gave Bithynia . bim two great overthrows , one by fea , and the other by land ; which fo difheartened him , that he was ready to accept of a peace upon any terms whatsoever . However , before the conditions were agreed upon , Hannibal ...
... gave Bithynia . bim two great overthrows , one by fea , and the other by land ; which fo difheartened him , that he was ready to accept of a peace upon any terms whatsoever . However , before the conditions were agreed upon , Hannibal ...
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... gave the com- mand of it to his brother Athenæus , with orders to ravage the coafts of Bithynia ; which he did accordingly , putting all to fire and fword , and carrying off an immenfe booty . Prufa finding he could not hold out against ...
... gave the com- mand of it to his brother Athenæus , with orders to ravage the coafts of Bithynia ; which he did accordingly , putting all to fire and fword , and carrying off an immenfe booty . Prufa finding he could not hold out against ...
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... gave himself up to an idle and diffolute life , as Attalus PLUT , in Cat . Major . P. 174 , 175- ( L ) Diodorus Siculus ( 9 ) tells us , that the unnatural fon killed him with his own hand ; Strabo ( to ) charges Attalus with the death ...
... gave himself up to an idle and diffolute life , as Attalus PLUT , in Cat . Major . P. 174 , 175- ( L ) Diodorus Siculus ( 9 ) tells us , that the unnatural fon killed him with his own hand ; Strabo ( to ) charges Attalus with the death ...
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... gave his daughter Hegefipole in marriage to Miltiades , the second of this name ( E ) . Timstheus is mentioned by Ammianus Marcellinus , as reign- ing in this part of Thrace ; but neither he , nor other writers , give us any account of ...
... gave his daughter Hegefipole in marriage to Miltiades , the second of this name ( E ) . Timstheus is mentioned by Ammianus Marcellinus , as reign- ing in this part of Thrace ; but neither he , nor other writers , give us any account of ...
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