 | Edward Gibbon - 1783 - 438 pàgines
...were allured by the hopes of plunder j and, after an interval of fix centuries, the fleets that iffued from the port of Carthage again claimed the empire of the Mediterranean. The fuccefs of the Vandals, the conqueft of Sicily, the fack of Palermo, and the frequent defcents... | |
 | Edward William Whitaker - 1795 - 318 pàgines
...active and fteady perfeverance. " And after an interval of fix centuries, '• the fleets that iflued from the port of " Carthage again claimed the empire of " the Mediterranean," which they ex" ercifed fo abfolutely it feems, as to ," conquer Sicily, fack Palermo, and " make frequent... | |
 | John Charnock - 1801 - 956 pàgines
...country accessible to their arms : the Moors and Africans were allured by the hopes of plunder; and after an interval of six centuries, the fleets that issued from the port of Carthage ngain claimed the empire of the Mediterranean. T»e sin cess <ii"tlie Vandals, the conquest of Sicily,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 448 pàgines
...country accessible to their arms ; the Moors and Africans were allured by the hopes of -plunder ; and, after an interval of six centuries, the fleets that...the port of Carthage again claimed the empire of the Mediterranean1. The success of the Vandals, the conquest of Sicily, the sack of Palermo, and the frequent... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 446 pàgines
...Africans were allured by the hopes of plunder ; and, after an interval of six centuries, the fleets ihat issued from the port of Carthage again claimed the empire of the Mediterranean. The success of the Vandals, the conquest of Sicily, the sack of Palermo, and the frequent descents... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 440 pàgines
...country accessible to their arms ; the Moors and Africans were allured by the hopes of plunder ; and, after an interval of six centuries, the fleets that issued from the port of Garth age again claimed the empire of the Mediterranean. The success of the Vandals, the conquest of... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 674 pàgines
...object which he had in view ; nor did any real service to the empire result from a fleet of 1 1 00 large ships that he fitted out, to act in conjunction...Leo, alarmed at this success, fitted out a fleet of 1 U3 ships, at the expense, it is calculated, of nearly five millions sterling. This fleet, with an... | |
 | William Stevenson - 1824 - 674 pàgines
...object which he had in view ; nor did any real service to the empire result from a fleet of 1 1 00 large ships that he fitted out, to act in conjunction...Leo, alarmed at this success, fitted out a fleet of 1 J 13 ships, at the expense, it is calculated, of nearly five millions sterling. This fleet, with... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 486 pàgines
...country accessible to their arms; the Moors and Africans were allured by the hopes of plunder ; and, after an interval of six centuries, the fleets that...Carthage again claimed the empire of the Mediterranean. The success of the Vandals, the conquest of Sicily, the sack of Palermo, and the frequent descents... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1828 - 484 pàgines
...country accessible to their arms : the Moors and Africans were allured by the hopes of plunder : and, after an interval of six centuries, the fleets, that...Carthage, again claimed the empire of the Mediterranean. The kingdom of Italy, a name to which the Western Empire was gradually reduced, was afflicted by the... | |
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... subjects were skilled in the arts of navigation and shipbuilding ; he animated his daring Vandals to embrace a mode of warfare which would render every maritime country accessible to their arms ; the Moors and Africans were allured by the hopes of... 
