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M. Tullius Cicero, Orations, Three orations on the Agrarian law, the four against Catiline, the orations for Rabirius, Murena, Sylla, Archias, Flaccus, Scaurus, etc. (ed. C. D. Yonge) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley), Book 1, chapter 76 (search)
Passing over with his army, Croesus then came to the part of Cappadocia called Pteria (it is the strongest part of this country and lies on the line of the city of Sinope on the Euxine sea), where he encamped and devastated the farms of the Syrians;
and he took and enslaved the city of the Pterians, and took all the places around it also, and drove the Syrians from their homes, though they had done him no harm. Cyrus, mustering his army, advanced to oppose Croesus, gathering to him all those who lived along the way.
But before beginning his march, he sent heralds to the Ionians to try to draw them away from Croesus. The Ionians would not be prevailed on; but when Cyrus arrived and encamped face to face with Croesus, there in the Pterian country the armies had a trial of strength.
The fighting was fierce, many on both sides fell, and at nightfall they disengaged with neither side victorious. The two sides contended thus.
Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley), Book 2, chapter 34 (search)
Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley), Book 4, chapter 12 (search)
And to this day there are Cimmerian walls in Scythia, and a Cimmerian ferry, and there is a country CimmeriaThe name survives in “Crimea.” The “Cimmerian ferry” is probably the narrow entrance of the Sea of Azov. and a strait named Cimmerian.
Furthermore, it is evident that the Cimmerians in their flight from the Scythians into Asia also made a colony on the peninsula where the Greek city of Sinope has since been founded; and it is clear that the Scythians pursued them and invaded Media, missing their way;
for the Cimmerians always fled along the coast, and the Scythians pursued with the Caucasus on their right until they came into the Median land, turning inland on their way. That is the other story current among Greeks and foreigners
M. Tullius Cicero, On the Agrarian Law (ed. C. D. Yonge), chapter 20 (search)
He, forsooth, before he arrives in Pontus, will
send letters to Cnaeus Pompeius, of which I suppose a copy has already been composed in these
terms:—“Publius Servilius Rullus, tribune of the people, decemvir, to
Cnaeus Pompeius, the son of Cnaeus, greeting.” I do not suppose that he will add
“Magnus;” for it is not likely that he will grant him by a word that
dignity which he is endeavouring to diminish. “I wish you to take care to meet me
at Sinope, and to bring me assistance, while I am
selling, in accordance with the provisions of my law, those lands which you acquired by your
labour.” Or will he not invite Pompeius? Will he sell the spoils of the general in
his own province? Just place before your eyes Rullus, in Pontus, holding his auction between your camp and that of the enemy, and
knocking down lands surrounded by his beautiful band of surveyors. Nor does the insult consist solely in this, thou
Vitruvius Pollio, The Ten Books on Architecture (ed. Morris Hicky Morgan), BOOK VII, CHAPTER VII: NATURAL COLOURS (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
IV, chapter 83 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
IV, chapter 84 (search)
On their arrival at Sinope, they delivered to Scydrothemis the presents from
their king, with his request and message. He wavered in purpose, dreading at
one moment the anger of the God, terrified at another by the threats and
opposition of the people. Often he was wrought upon by the gifts and
promises of the ambassadors. And so three years passed away, while Ptolemy
did not cease to urge his zealous solicitations. He continued to increase
the dignity of his embassies, the number of his ships, and the weight of his
gold. A terrible vision then appeared to Scydrothemis, warning him to thwart
no longer the purposes of the God. As he yet hesitated, various disasters,
pestilence, and the unmistakeable anger of heaven, which grew heavier from
day to day, continued to harass him. He summoned an assembly, and explained
to them the bidding of the God, the visions of Ptolemy and himself, and the
miseries that were gathering about them. The people turned away angrily from
their kin