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... Romans . But not succeeding in his attempts , and the Roman senate being apprised of his designs , and sending to Bithynia to demand him of Prusias , Hannibal terminated his own life by poison . 8. The city and republic of Carthage were ...
... Romans . But not succeeding in his attempts , and the Roman senate being apprised of his designs , and sending to Bithynia to demand him of Prusias , Hannibal terminated his own life by poison . 8. The city and republic of Carthage were ...
Page 105
... Roman spirit was long since utterly extinguished ; and as we have had occasion to observe , Italy itself was filled with a mighty heterogeneous mass of population , of no fixed character . His strong genius , for a moment , sustained ...
... Roman spirit was long since utterly extinguished ; and as we have had occasion to observe , Italy itself was filled with a mighty heterogeneous mass of population , of no fixed character . His strong genius , for a moment , sustained ...
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... Roman custom of condemning to slavery their prisoners of war ; and the same system was , by way of re- taliation ... Roman republic ? -What effect had the subversion of the Roman empire , by the northern nations , upon slavery ? Who ...
... Roman custom of condemning to slavery their prisoners of war ; and the same system was , by way of re- taliation ... Roman republic ? -What effect had the subversion of the Roman empire , by the northern nations , upon slavery ? Who ...
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