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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) | 14 | 14 | Browse | Search |
Polybius, Histories | 3 | 3 | Browse | Search |
Samuel Ball Platner, Thomas Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome | 3 | 3 | Browse | Search |
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King Hiero and Rome
When news came to Rome of the successes of Appius
B. C. 264.
and his legions, the people elected Manius
Otacilius and Manius Valerius Consuls, and
despatched their whole army to Sicily, and both Consuls in
command. (Continuing from chap. xii.), B. C. 263, Manius Valerius Maximus, Manius Otacilius Crassus, Now the Romans have in all, as
distinct from allies, four legions of Roman
citizens, which they enrol every year, each of
which consists of four thousand infantry and
three hundred cavalry: and on their arrival most
of the cities revolted from Syracuse as well as
from Carthage, and joined the Romans. Coss. The Consuls with four legions are sent to Sicily. A general move of the Sicilian cities to join them. Hiero submits. And
when he saw the terror and dismay of the
Sicilians, and compared with them the number
and crushing strength of the legions of Rome,
Hiero began, from a review of all these points, to
conclude that the prospects of the Romans were
brighter th
Pliny the Elder, The Natural History (ed. John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S., H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A.), BOOK IV. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS,
HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR
FORMERLY EXISTED., CHAP. 22.—THE CYCLADES. (search)
Pliny the Elder, The Natural History (ed. John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S., H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A.), BOOK IV. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS,
HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR
FORMERLY EXISTED., CHAP. 37. (23.)—THE GENERAL MEASUREMENT OF EUROPE. (search)
Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 23 (ed. Frank Gardener Moore, Professor Emeritus in Columbia University), chapter 30 (search)
Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 31 (ed. Evan T. Sage, Ph.D. Professor of Latin and Head of the Department of Classics in the University of Pittsburgh), chapter 1 (search)