The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Greeks, Volumen10James, John and Paul Knapton, 1736 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 100
Página
... Romans under SYLLA , LU- CULLUS , and POMPEY . PTO- LOMÆUS AULETES . Ром- PEY's death . War of JULIUS CASER in EGYPT ... Roman empire . Conclufion of the whole antient history . IV . Of Arts and Sciences , espe- cially those of the ...
... Romans under SYLLA , LU- CULLUS , and POMPEY . PTO- LOMÆUS AULETES . Ром- PEY's death . War of JULIUS CASER in EGYPT ... Roman empire . Conclufion of the whole antient history . IV . Of Arts and Sciences , espe- cially those of the ...
Página
... Romans in the beginning of the first punick war , 2 II . Hiero's pacifick reign . He particularly favours agriculture . He employs the abilities of Archi- medes , his relation , for the service of the publick , and caufes him to make an ...
... Romans in the beginning of the first punick war , 2 II . Hiero's pacifick reign . He particularly favours agriculture . He employs the abilities of Archi- medes , his relation , for the service of the publick , and caufes him to make an ...
Página
... Romans re - establish them . He caufes all the Romans in Afia minor to be put to the fword in one day . First war of the Romans with Mithridates , who had made himself master of Afia minor , and Greece , where he had taken Athens ...
... Romans re - establish them . He caufes all the Romans in Afia minor to be put to the fword in one day . First war of the Romans with Mithridates , who had made himself master of Afia minor , and Greece , where he had taken Athens ...
Página 2
... Romans in the be- ginning of the first punick war . IERO II . was defcended from the fa- mily of Gelon , who had formerly reigned Ant . J. C. in Syracufe . As his mother was of flavish ex- traction , his father Hierocles , according to ...
... Romans in the be- ginning of the first punick war . IERO II . was defcended from the fa- mily of Gelon , who had formerly reigned Ant . J. C. in Syracufe . As his mother was of flavish ex- traction , his father Hierocles , according to ...
Página 6
... Roman conful thought fit to venture a battle , and attacked the Syra- cufans first . The fight was rude . Hiero fhew- ed all poffible courage , but could not refift the valour of the Romans , and was obliged to give way , and retire to ...
... Roman conful thought fit to venture a battle , and attacked the Syra- cufans first . The fight was rude . Hiero fhew- ed all poffible courage , but could not refift the valour of the Romans , and was obliged to give way , and retire to ...
Términos y frases comunes
Achradina Afia againſt alfo almoſt ambaffadors amongſt antient Antony Archelaus Archimedes Ariobarzanes Armenia arms army battle becauſe befides Bithynia Cæfar Cappadocia Carthaginians caufed cauſed Cicero Cleopatra confiderable confifted death defign defired Egypt enemy Epicydes eſtabliſhed faid fame fays fecond feemed felf felves fenate fent ferved feven feveral fhall fhips fhould fide fiege filk filver firft firſt flaves fleet foldiers folely fome foon ftill fubjects fuccefs fuch fuffer fupplied fupport gave gold greateſt Hiero hiftory himſelf Hippocrates honour horfe horſe hundred intereft itſelf king leaſt Lucullus mafter Marcellus Mithridates moft moſt muſt neceffary obferved occafion paffed perfon pleaſure Plin Pliny poffeffed Pompey Pontus prefent prince Ptolomy raiſed reafon reft reign Romans Rome ſhe Sicily ſtate ſtill Sylla Syracufans Syracufe Syria thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand Tigranes treaſures troops uſe veffels Whilft whofe
Pasajes populares
Página 261 - Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Página 324 - Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee. The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
Página 252 - Cleopatra, assisted by two women, who were the only persons she had brought with her into the tomh, drew him up. Never was there a more moving sight. Antony, all bathed in his blood, with death painted in his face, was dragged up in the air, turning his dying eyes, and extending his feeble* hands...
Página 276 - The ftrcngth, of a ftate is not to be computed by extent of country, but by the number of its citizens, and the utility of their labour.
Página 263 - CHRIST shall have delivered up the kingdom to GOD, even the FATHER: when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power.
Página 63 - Hieronymus should have more weight with you than that of Hiero. The latter was much longer your friend than the former your enemy. Permit me to say, you have experienced the good effects of the amity of Hiero, but the senseless enterprises of Hieronymus .have fallen solely upon his own head.
Página 312 - Of meads, and streams that through the valley glide, And shady groves that easy sleep invite, And, after toilsome days, a soft repose at night. * Wild beasts of nature in his woods abound ; And youth, of labour patient, plough the ground, Inur'd to hardship, and to homely fare. Nor venerable age is wanting, there, In great examples to the youthful train ; Nor are the gods ador'd with rites profane.