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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 ... harder could have been dictated had he been hopelessly beaten, which was by no means the case. read by Flamininus at the Isthmian games at Corinth. Flamininus spent two more years in Greece, chiefly in subduing Nabis, the tyrant of Lacedaemon,1 and in settling the governments of the several emancipated cities. He then returned to Rome, there to enjoy the triumph which, both as a commander and a statesman, he had so nobly won. SYRIAN WAR; OR WAR WITH ANTIOCHUS. (B.o. 192 to B.C. 188.) It has been already stated that the kings of Syria and Macedon had conspired against Egypt with a view to its partition. In furtherance of this design, it will be remembered, Philip of Macedon had seized her colonies in Asia Minor, the result being the second Macedonian war. Antiochus, King of Syria, on his part had approached the frontier of Egypt (B.C. 201), when a salutary dread of Roman displeasure caused him to abandon both his ally and the enterprise. A few years later, and during the progress of the war with Philip, he took possession of the Egyptian settlements in Asia Minor. The Roman general was too prudent to create a new enemy at the time; but now, having disposed of Philip, he sent peremptory orders to Antiochus to give up all the Asiatic cities he had seized. 1 Nabis, one of the most atrocious tyrants of the age, had, by' some means, of which we have no record, obtained supreme power in the Hellenic peninsula, which he employed to the utmost annoyance of every peaceful community there. We first find him in alliance with the Macedonian monarch, to whose cause he had been won by a gift of the city of Argos. He had no sooner accepted the bribe than he broke faith with Philip, and entered into alliance with Flamininus; and he continued to remain an ally of Rome till ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Analysis of Roman history. To get started finding Analysis of Roman history, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 ... harder could have been dictated had he been hopelessly beaten, which was by no means the case. read by Flamininus at the Isthmian games at Corinth. Flamininus spent two more years in Greece, chiefly in subduing Nabis, the tyrant of Lacedaemon,1 and in settling the governments of the several emancipated cities. He then returned to Rome, there to enjoy the triumph which, both as a commander and a statesman, he had so nobly won. SYRIAN WAR; OR WAR WITH ANTIOCHUS. (B.o. 192 to B.C. 188.) It has been already stated that the kings of Syria and Macedon had conspired against Egypt with a view to its partition. In furtherance of this design, it will be remembered, Philip of Macedon had seized her colonies in Asia Minor, the result being the second Macedonian war. Antiochus, King of Syria, on his part had approached the frontier of Egypt (B.C. 201), when a salutary dread of Roman displeasure caused him to abandon both his ally and the enterprise. A few years later, and during the progress of the war with Philip, he took possession of the Egyptian settlements in Asia Minor. The Roman general was too prudent to create a new enemy at the time; but now, having disposed of Philip, he sent peremptory orders to Antiochus to give up all the Asiatic cities he had seized. 1 Nabis, one of the most atrocious tyrants of the age, had, by' some means, of which we have no record, obtained supreme power in the Hellenic peninsula, which he employed to the utmost annoyance of every peaceful community there. We first find him in alliance with the Macedonian monarch, to whose cause he had been won by a gift of the city of Argos. He had no sooner accepted the bribe than he broke faith with Philip, and entered into alliance with Flamininus; and he continued to remain an ally of Rome till ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Analysis of Roman history. To get started finding Analysis of Roman history, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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