A Geographical and Historical Description of Ancient Greece: With a Map, and a Plan of Athens, Volume 3Clarendon Press, 1828 - Greece |
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... , and to resume at once their ancient connexion with Sparta . ( V. 48. ) In this conduct they persevered to the end of the Peloponnesian war , and were en- abled to afford effectual aid to the Spartans during their CORINTHIA . 15.
... , and to resume at once their ancient connexion with Sparta . ( V. 48. ) In this conduct they persevered to the end of the Peloponnesian war , and were en- abled to afford effectual aid to the Spartans during their CORINTHIA . 15.
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... once the rival city . But the Lacedæmonians , actuated by more noble and generous principles determined to preserve a people to whom Greece had been so much indebted , and whose ambition , since its power had been so effectually humbled ...
... once the rival city . But the Lacedæmonians , actuated by more noble and generous principles determined to preserve a people to whom Greece had been so much indebted , and whose ambition , since its power had been so effectually humbled ...
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... once more a distinct republic . ( Hell . V. 1 , 31. ) On the war breaking out again between the Bo- otians and Lacedæmonians , the Corinthians at first remained neuter , but their territory having been ra- vaged by the former , under ...
... once more a distinct republic . ( Hell . V. 1 , 31. ) On the war breaking out again between the Bo- otians and Lacedæmonians , the Corinthians at first remained neuter , but their territory having been ra- vaged by the former , under ...
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... once more declared independent by a decree of the Ro- man senate , and reunited to the Achæan confede- racy . Acrocorinthus was however still occupied by a Roman garrison . ( Liv . XXXIII . 31. Polyb . XVIII . 29 , 5. ) When the Achæans ...
... once more declared independent by a decree of the Ro- man senate , and reunited to the Achæan confede- racy . Acrocorinthus was however still occupied by a Roman garrison . ( Liv . XXXIII . 31. Polyb . XVIII . 29 , 5. ) When the Achæans ...
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... once great and noble city remained . Polybius , who witnessed its destruction , affirmed , as we are informed by Strabo , that he had seen the finest paintings strewed on the ground , and the Ro- man soldiers using them as boards for ...
... once great and noble city remained . Polybius , who witnessed its destruction , affirmed , as we are informed by Strabo , that he had seen the finest paintings strewed on the ground , and the Ro- man soldiers using them as boards for ...
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