TABLE OF GENERAL REFERENCES.

I.

HISTORICAL.

SIEGES, ASSAULTS, ETC., OF TOWNS AND CAMPS.

Siege of Saguntum by Hannibal

*Siege of Syracuse by Marcellus and its defence by Archimedes

.

Obstinate defence of the city of Atrax

[Site and] Siege of Leucas

*[Site and] Siege of Ambracia: mines, stinkpot, &c. . Storming of Oringis.

Storming of Astapa: desperate resolution of the

citizens

Night attack upon Locri

Night attack upon Arpi

Siege of Casilinum

Siege of the Capitol by the Gauls

v. 39, sqq.

Capture of Veii

Destruction of Alba .

Attack of the Gauls on

the Roman station of

Aduataca: its brave defence.

CESAR, Bell. Gall. vi. 35-41.

Attack and defence of Q. Cicero's camp

Cæsar takes Genabum.

*Cæsar takes Avaricum

*Alesia beleaguered by Cæsar
Cæsar takes Uxellodunum
*Trebonius besieges Marseilles

Storming of Camalodunum by the Britons

Storming and sack of Cremona by Antonius
The Capitol burnt by Vitellianists
Siege and blockade of Vetera by Civilis
*Siege of Amida by the Persians

Siege of Singara by the Persians

* These descriptions contain many details of engineering operations and the ancient artillery.

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viii. 40-43.

"Elegantiarum arbiter."

His military skill in handling

1

36

iv. 1, 2.

vi. 51.

xiii. 45.

xiv. 51, cp. xiii. 2.

xiv. 52; cp.

xiii. 2; xv. 65.

xvi. 18, 19.

دو

troops great vices and virtues LIVY, xxviii. 12; xxi. 4. A cautious and clever governor