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... conciliated the native independent Princes ; and he hoped thus not only to ensure a constant supply of good soldiers to recruit his armies , but , by gaining possession of 24 CAMPAIGNS OF HANNIBAL . -March into Italy and First Campaign 23.
... conciliated the native independent Princes ; and he hoped thus not only to ensure a constant supply of good soldiers to recruit his armies , but , by gaining possession of 24 CAMPAIGNS OF HANNIBAL . -March into Italy and First Campaign 23.
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sir Patrick Leonard MacDougall. recruit his armies , but , by gaining possession of the productive gold and silver mines of the south of the Peninsula , to obtain the means of paying them . " Hamilcar was slain in battle in the year B.C. ...
sir Patrick Leonard MacDougall. recruit his armies , but , by gaining possession of the productive gold and silver mines of the south of the Peninsula , to obtain the means of paying them . " Hamilcar was slain in battle in the year B.C. ...
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... possessed sufficient trans- port to ferry his whole army across the river . But he found the Gauls of the opposite shore assembled to oppose his passage , and his dispositions to effect it are well worthy of attention . He sent off a ...
... possessed sufficient trans- port to ferry his whole army across the river . But he found the Gauls of the opposite shore assembled to oppose his passage , and his dispositions to effect it are well worthy of attention . He sent off a ...
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... possessed several south of the Po , and on which they depended for their subsistence ; for , as it has been already remarked , they had no hold on the country excepting by their garrisons , and without these the Roman army might have ...
... possessed several south of the Po , and on which they depended for their subsistence ; for , as it has been already remarked , they had no hold on the country excepting by their garrisons , and without these the Roman army might have ...
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... possessed of some of the qualities which go to make up a great general ; particularly of that enlarged general view without which a man may be an excellent tactician , but can never become a great commander . It is probably one of the ...
... possessed of some of the qualities which go to make up a great general ; particularly of that enlarged general view without which a man may be an excellent tactician , but can never become a great commander . It is probably one of the ...
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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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