The campaigns of Hannibal arranged and critically consideredLongman, 1858 - 195 páginas |
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... advantages would be for them . Hannibal calculated that if he could once cross the Alps with an army , he could so work upon the hatred to Rome which was the universal feeling among the Cisalpine Gauls , as to convert that fickle people ...
... advantages would be for them . Hannibal calculated that if he could once cross the Alps with an army , he could so work upon the hatred to Rome which was the universal feeling among the Cisalpine Gauls , as to convert that fickle people ...
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... inactivity which permitted the Roman army to cross the river and to form leisurely on the bank , without taking advantage of the confusion necessarily occasioned by such an operation , to attack and defeat E 2 OBS . 51 FIRST CAMPAIGN .
... inactivity which permitted the Roman army to cross the river and to form leisurely on the bank , without taking advantage of the confusion necessarily occasioned by such an operation , to attack and defeat E 2 OBS . 51 FIRST CAMPAIGN .
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... advantage of Hannibal's absence to withdraw from Placentia ; and , having separated their forces , Scipio retired to Ariminum , Sempronius across the Apennines into Etruria , where he established his winter - quarters in the ...
... advantage of Hannibal's absence to withdraw from Placentia ; and , having separated their forces , Scipio retired to Ariminum , Sempronius across the Apennines into Etruria , where he established his winter - quarters in the ...
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... advantage of any error or imprudence into which his eagerness might betray him . Hannibal , having crossed the Arno , continued his course along its left bank by Aquileia to the Clavis river , thence up the left bank of that river ...
... advantage of any error or imprudence into which his eagerness might betray him . Hannibal , having crossed the Arno , continued his course along its left bank by Aquileia to the Clavis river , thence up the left bank of that river ...
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... advantage of general num- bers , although very inferior to Hannibal both in num- ber and description of cavalry ; they were likewise regularly and plentifully provisioned , and had no occa- sion to scatter their forces to obtain ...
... advantage of general num- bers , although very inferior to Hannibal both in num- ber and description of cavalry ; they were likewise regularly and plentifully provisioned , and had no occa- sion to scatter their forces to obtain ...
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African allies Apulia Ariminum arms attack battle Beneventum besieging Bruttium camp campaign Campania Cannæ Canusium Capua Carthage Carthaginian Carthaginian army Casilinum cavalry Cisalpine Gaul command consuls defeat defended DICTIONARY encamped enemy engaged English Etruria Fabius favour Flaminius flank force formed front Fulvius garrison Gaulish Gracchus Hannibal Hannibal's Hasdrubal Hastati heavy infantry History hope horse hostile Illustrations Italy legions light infantry light troops Lucania maniples Maps Marcellus MAUNDER'S miles military Minucius neighbourhood Nero nibal Nola Numidians Observation occupied officers operations oppose organise Perusia Placentia plain Plates Post 8vo prætor present Punic R. A. PROCTOR rear reinforce revised Rhone river Roman army Roman cavalry Roman infantry Rome Samnium Scipio Second Edition second Punic war Sempronius senate sent Servilius Sicily siege soldiers Spain Spaniards Square crown 8vo Suessula Tarentum Tifata tion town TREASURY Triarii Varro victorious vols Vulturnus winter Woodcuts
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