The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to WaterlooHarper & Brothers, 1851 - Всего страниц: 364 |
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... century before our era , look upon this huge accumulation of power be- neath the sceptre of a single Asiatic ruler with the indifference with which we now observe on the map the extensive domin- ions of modern Oriental sovereigns ; for ...
... century before our era , look upon this huge accumulation of power be- neath the sceptre of a single Asiatic ruler with the indifference with which we now observe on the map the extensive domin- ions of modern Oriental sovereigns ; for ...
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... century after Marathon , when Epaminondas introduced the tactics which Alex- ander the Great in ancient times , and Frederic the Great in modern times , made so famous , of concentrating an overpowering force to bear on some decisive ...
... century after Marathon , when Epaminondas introduced the tactics which Alex- ander the Great in ancient times , and Frederic the Great in modern times , made so famous , of concentrating an overpowering force to bear on some decisive ...
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... century believed in El Dorado of the West . The Athenians probably thought that the recent victor of Marathon , and former officer of Darius , was about to lead them on a secret expedition against some wealthy and unprotected cities of ...
... century believed in El Dorado of the West . The Athenians probably thought that the recent victor of Marathon , and former officer of Darius , was about to lead them on a secret expedition against some wealthy and unprotected cities of ...
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... centuries afterward , the figures of Miltiades and Callimachus at the head of the Atheni- ans were conspicuous in the fresco . The tutelary deities were exhibited taking part in the fray . In the back - ground were seen the Phoenician ...
... centuries afterward , the figures of Miltiades and Callimachus at the head of the Atheni- ans were conspicuous in the fresco . The tutelary deities were exhibited taking part in the fray . In the back - ground were seen the Phoenician ...
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... century would have found their field in the West no less than in the East ; Greece , and not Rome , might have conquered Car- thage ; Greek instead of Latin might have been at this day the principal element of the language of Spain , of ...
... century would have found their field in the West no less than in the East ; Greece , and not Rome , might have conquered Car- thage ; Greek instead of Latin might have been at this day the principal element of the language of Spain , of ...
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