The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagininas, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volume 1Collins and Company, 1820 |
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... Gauls into Greece , under Brennus . The guardian god of Delphos , if we may believe historians , sometimes defended this temple by surprising pro- digies ; and at others , either from incapacity or confusion , suffered himself to be ...
... Gauls into Greece , under Brennus . The guardian god of Delphos , if we may believe historians , sometimes defended this temple by surprising pro- digies ; and at others , either from incapacity or confusion , suffered himself to be ...
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... Gauls , who had made an irruption into that country . e Sosthenes , who defeated the Gauls , reigned but a short time in Macedonia . f Antigonus Gonatus , the son of Demetrius Poliorcetes , obtained the peaceable possession of the ...
... Gauls , who had made an irruption into that country . e Sosthenes , who defeated the Gauls , reigned but a short time in Macedonia . f Antigonus Gonatus , the son of Demetrius Poliorcetes , obtained the peaceable possession of the ...
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... Gauls to assist him against his brother , with whom he was engaged in a war . Prusias I. c Prusias II . surnamed the hunter , in whose court Hanni- bal took refuge , and assisted him with his counsels , in his war against Eumenes II ...
... Gauls to assist him against his brother , with whom he was engaged in a war . Prusias I. c Prusias II . surnamed the hunter , in whose court Hanni- bal took refuge , and assisted him with his counsels , in his war against Eumenes II ...
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... Gauls as well as Germans used to sacrifice men , it Dionysius and Tacitus may be credited . a Lib . ii . p 756 . e Idem in Camill . p . 132 . b De superstitione , p . 169–171 . d De superstitione , scarce believe that mankind were ...
... Gauls as well as Germans used to sacrifice men , it Dionysius and Tacitus may be credited . a Lib . ii . p 756 . e Idem in Camill . p . 132 . b De superstitione , p . 169–171 . d De superstitione , scarce believe that mankind were ...
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... Gauls , Scythians , and even the Greeks and Romans , and consecrated by custom during a long series of ages , can have been inspired by him only who was a murderer from the beginning , and who delights in nothing but the humiliation ...
... Gauls , Scythians , and even the Greeks and Romans , and consecrated by custom during a long series of ages , can have been inspired by him only who was a murderer from the beginning , and who delights in nothing but the humiliation ...
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