The House of Seleucus, Volum 2E. Arnold, 1902 |
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Pàgina 3
... Side , on the other hand , held aloof , " partly in order to gain favour with Antiochus , but chiefly because of their enmity with Aspendus . " 1 After a chequered struggle among the hills Garsyeris succeeded in driving the Selgian ...
... Side , on the other hand , held aloof , " partly in order to gain favour with Antiochus , but chiefly because of their enmity with Aspendus . " 1 After a chequered struggle among the hills Garsyeris succeeded in driving the Selgian ...
Pàgina 6
... side of the city . And 1 Aetolians , like Cretans , would be born mountaineers ; the hypaspistai were regularly employed by Alexander for steep places . the movement succeeded . Aribazus , the governor of the 6 THE HOUSE OF SELEUCUS.
... side of the city . And 1 Aetolians , like Cretans , would be born mountaineers ; the hypaspistai were regularly employed by Alexander for steep places . the movement succeeded . Aribazus , the governor of the 6 THE HOUSE OF SELEUCUS.
Pàgina 12
... side of the Taurus . And now at a time when all his forces and the forces of his enemy believed him to be lodged in the strongest place of the world , he sat bound upon the earth , the sport of his foes , whilst no single creature as ...
... side of the Taurus . And now at a time when all his forces and the forces of his enemy believed him to be lodged in the strongest place of the world , he sat bound upon the earth , the sport of his foes , whilst no single creature as ...
Pàgina 21
... side of the river and detached a large body of his excellent Bactrian cavalry , 10,000 strong , to defend the fords . The intelligence of his position was carried to Antiochus whilst he was still three days ' march from the river . He ...
... side of the river and detached a large body of his excellent Bactrian cavalry , 10,000 strong , to defend the fords . The intelligence of his position was carried to Antiochus whilst he was still three days ' march from the river . He ...
Pàgina 27
... side , his remissness in preparing for the encounter with Ptolemy , which lost him the battle of Raphia and undid the work of two campaigns . We observe that his is that energy which shows itself rather in bursts , when confronted by an ...
... side , his remissness in preparing for the encounter with Ptolemy , which lost him the battle of Raphia and undid the work of two campaigns . We observe that his is that energy which shows itself rather in bursts , when confronted by an ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 20 - Nelson, and the Naval Supremacy of England. By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of "The Wreck of the Grosvenor,
Pàgina 29 - Thornton. A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. THORNTON, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. With the Original Illustrations by GARRARD, and other Illustrations and Coloured Plates by GE LODGE.
Pàgina 296 - The field all iron cast a gleaming brown : Nor wanted clouds of foot, nor, on each horn, Cuirassiers all in steel for standing fight, Chariots, or elephants indorsed with towers Of archers...
Pàgina 303 - But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him : and he shall stand in the glorious land, and in his hand shall be destruction.
Pàgina 298 - Wherefore all that heard the noise of their multitude, and the marching of the company, and the rattling of the harness, were moved: for the army was very great and mighty.
Pàgina 188 - Gentiles had defiled it : and they pulled down the altar, and laid up the stones in the mountain of the house in a convenient place, until there should come a prophet to give an answer concerning them.
Pàgina 160 - Moreover king Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdom that all should be one people, and every one should leave his laws; so all the heathen agreed according to the commandment of the king.
Pàgina 174 - The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.