Outlines of HistoryLongman Rees Orme Brown and Green, 1830 - 461 pàgines |
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Pàgina 35
... forced them to be content with Megara , at that time united with Attica . The legend says , Codrus offered himself up for his country , and that the royal dignity was abolished out of honour to him . The republican spirit had , however ...
... forced them to be content with Megara , at that time united with Attica . The legend says , Codrus offered himself up for his country , and that the royal dignity was abolished out of honour to him . The republican spirit had , however ...
Pàgina 44
... forced their way to the Euxine , revealed the secret of the internal weakness of that vast empire . Agesilaus , king of Sparta , had meditated conquests in Asia , and had for 396. two years carried on war with success in that country ...
... forced their way to the Euxine , revealed the secret of the internal weakness of that vast empire . Agesilaus , king of Sparta , had meditated conquests in Asia , and had for 396. two years carried on war with success in that country ...
Pàgina 45
... the principal oligarchs were mur- dered , the citadel besieged , and the garrison forced to surrender . Two great men now appeared to guide the Theban affairs , Pelopidas and Epaminondas ; the Athenians joined them CHAP . IV . 45 GREECE .
... the principal oligarchs were mur- dered , the citadel besieged , and the garrison forced to surrender . Two great men now appeared to guide the Theban affairs , Pelopidas and Epaminondas ; the Athenians joined them CHAP . IV . 45 GREECE .
Pàgina 58
... forced to acknowledge the independence of Bithynia and Pergamus . Antiochus II . , named , by his flatterers , B. C. Theos , the God , was weak and effeminate . The Par- 252. thians cast off the yoke of Syria , and their example was ...
... forced to acknowledge the independence of Bithynia and Pergamus . Antiochus II . , named , by his flatterers , B. C. Theos , the God , was weak and effeminate . The Par- 252. thians cast off the yoke of Syria , and their example was ...
Pàgina 59
... forced to acknowledge the independence of Judea . Uniting in his own person the dignities of high - priest and prince , John Hyrcanus extended his dominion over Galilee , the country beyond Jordan , Idumea , & c . ; and the Jewish state ...
... forced to acknowledge the independence of Judea . Uniting in his own person the dignities of high - priest and prince , John Hyrcanus extended his dominion over Galilee , the country beyond Jordan , Idumea , & c . ; and the Jewish state ...
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