The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great |
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... conducted the armies of the state , and were attended by judges , field - deputies , and a general of the horse . However , they were not entirely at liberty even in war , as they received their orders from the senate , which , though ...
... conducted the armies of the state , and were attended by judges , field - deputies , and a general of the horse . However , they were not entirely at liberty even in war , as they received their orders from the senate , which , though ...
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... conduct and employ . 17. So small a degree of power granted to the people might be apt to destroy these institutions in their infancy ; but to reconcile them to the change , Lycurgus boldly resolved to give them a share in those lands ...
... conduct and employ . 17. So small a degree of power granted to the people might be apt to destroy these institutions in their infancy ; but to reconcile them to the change , Lycurgus boldly resolved to give them a share in those lands ...
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... conduct was the surest means of obtaining safety . Thus valour and generosity seemed the ruling motives of this new in- stitution . Arms were their only exercise , and their life was much less austere in the camp than in the city . 48 ...
... conduct was the surest means of obtaining safety . Thus valour and generosity seemed the ruling motives of this new in- stitution . Arms were their only exercise , and their life was much less austere in the camp than in the city . 48 ...
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... conduct of their captain , Philanthus , and settled at Tarentum , in Italy . 68. After a rigorous subjection of thirty - nine years , the Mes- senians , once more , made a vigorous struggle for freedom , being headed by Aristomenes , a ...
... conduct of their captain , Philanthus , and settled at Tarentum , in Italy . 68. After a rigorous subjection of thirty - nine years , the Mes- senians , once more , made a vigorous struggle for freedom , being headed by Aristomenes , a ...
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... conduct to oppose . 48. In this general consternation , which was the result of folly on the one hand , and treachery on the other , the whole city was one scene of tumult and disorder ; some flying , others only complaining , others ...
... conduct to oppose . 48. In this general consternation , which was the result of folly on the one hand , and treachery on the other , the whole city was one scene of tumult and disorder ; some flying , others only complaining , others ...
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Alcibiades Alexander Alexander's ambition Aristagoras Aristides arms arrived Asia Athenians Athens attack battle began besieged body carried cause cavalry chariot Cimon citizens commanded conquest courage Cyrus danger Darius death declared defeat defended Demosthenes dreadful eloquence endeavoured enemy enemy's engagement Epaminondas expedition favour fleet forces fought friends galleys gave give glory greatest Grecian Greece Greeks Gylippus head honour horse hundred inhabitants killed king Lacedæmon Lacedæmonians land laws liberty Lycurgus Lysander Macedon Macedonians manner Mardonius master mean monarch nians Nicias obliged occasion oppose oracle orators Parmenio passed Pausanias Pelopidas Pericles Persian phalanx Philip Phocians Pisistratus Porus possessed present prince prisoners resolved rest retire river sail seemed seized sent ships side siege slaves Socrates soldiers Solon soon Spartans success succour Syracusans Thebans Thebes Themistocles thence thousand tion Tissaphernes took troops utmost valour victory walls whole army wing Xenophon Xerxes