The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 7Thomas M'Lean, 1827 |
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... horse , showed them that intrepid despair was their only safety . They turned their backs to the Euphrates , and their faces to the enemy ; innumerable arrows glanced without effect from the compact and shelving order of their bucklers ...
... horse , showed them that intrepid despair was their only safety . They turned their backs to the Euphrates , and their faces to the enemy ; innumerable arrows glanced without effect from the compact and shelving order of their bucklers ...
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... horses and armour , and the assiduous practice of all the exercises of war , enabled them to act whatever their ... horse and ten thousand foot were embarked at Con- stantinople OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 9.
... horses and armour , and the assiduous practice of all the exercises of war , enabled them to act whatever their ... horse and ten thousand foot were embarked at Con- stantinople OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 9.
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Edward Gibbon. horse and ten thousand foot were embarked at Con- stantinople for the conquest of Africa ; but the in ... horses , which they manage with admirable skill ; their head and shoulders are protected by a casque or buckler ...
Edward Gibbon. horse and ten thousand foot were embarked at Con- stantinople for the conquest of Africa ; but the in ... horses , which they manage with admirable skill ; their head and shoulders are protected by a casque or buckler ...
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... horses , of arms , engines , and military stores , and of a sufficient stock of water and provisions for a voyage , perhaps , of three months . The proud galleys , which in former ages swept the Mediterranean with so many hun- dred oars ...
... horses , of arms , engines , and military stores , and of a sufficient stock of water and provisions for a voyage , perhaps , of three months . The proud galleys , which in former ages swept the Mediterranean with so many hun- dred oars ...
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... horses , a military gift of his sovereign . From thence the fleet pursued their course through the midst of the Propontis ; but as they struggled to pass the straits of the Hellespont , an unfavourable wind de- tained them four days at ...
... horses , a military gift of his sovereign . From thence the fleet pursued their course through the midst of the Propontis ; but as they struggled to pass the straits of the Hellespont , an unfavourable wind de- tained them four days at ...
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