The House of Seleucus, Volum 2E. Arnold, 1902 |
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Pàgina 6
... troops might betray the design , made a diversion by attack- ing the " Persian Gate " on the opposite side of the city . And 1 Aetolians , like Cretans , would be born mountaineers ; the hypaspistai were regularly employed by Alexander ...
... troops might betray the design , made a diversion by attack- ing the " Persian Gate " on the opposite side of the city . And 1 Aetolians , like Cretans , would be born mountaineers ; the hypaspistai were regularly employed by Alexander ...
Pàgina 7
... troops withdrew , after a short struggle , into the citadel . Once more in its history Sardis was given up to massacre , pillage and devastation . Achaeus still held out with a handful of troops in the citadel . But he was in a trap ...
... troops withdrew , after a short struggle , into the citadel . Once more in its history Sardis was given up to massacre , pillage and devastation . Achaeus still held out with a handful of troops in the citadel . But he was in a trap ...
Pàgina 19
... troops , archers , javelineers , slingers , who could scale precipices inaccessible to the heavily armed soldier , and by irregular attacks dislodge the enemy from the posts which commanded the passage . These troops he formed into an ...
... troops , archers , javelineers , slingers , who could scale precipices inaccessible to the heavily armed soldier , and by irregular attacks dislodge the enemy from the posts which commanded the passage . These troops he formed into an ...
Pàgina 20
Edwyn Robert Bevan. occupied by the light troops it was a short matter for the engineers to make the road for the heavy troops below . In this way the ascent was successfully , though slowly , accom- plished . Post after post of the ...
Edwyn Robert Bevan. occupied by the light troops it was a short matter for the engineers to make the road for the heavy troops below . In this way the ascent was successfully , though slowly , accom- plished . Post after post of the ...
Pàgina 21
... troops and peltasts , reached the river before the third day dawned . The main part of the enemy's cavalry had ... troop of horse which received the brunt of the leading Bactrian squadron , and fought in the thick of it till relieved by ...
... troops and peltasts , reached the river before the third day dawned . The main part of the enemy's cavalry had ... troop of horse which received the brunt of the leading Bactrian squadron , and fought in the thick of it till relieved by ...
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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.