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Page 107
... Germans were constantly crossing the Rhine , and were they not checked , one day ' a great host of them ' , like the Cimbri and Teutoni in the days of his uncle Marius , might invade Gaul , and ' break forth into the Province , and push ...
... Germans were constantly crossing the Rhine , and were they not checked , one day ' a great host of them ' , like the Cimbri and Teutoni in the days of his uncle Marius , might invade Gaul , and ' break forth into the Province , and push ...
Page 109
... German soothsayers had pre- dicted that the heavens were unpropitious until the new moon ( Sep- tember 20 of the ... Germans were running short of supplies , Ariovistus drew his army up in seven tribal forma- tions , in rear of which ...
... German soothsayers had pre- dicted that the heavens were unpropitious until the new moon ( Sep- tember 20 of the ... Germans were running short of supplies , Ariovistus drew his army up in seven tribal forma- tions , in rear of which ...
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... Germans from him , were so speedily covered that the legions ' reached the enemy's camp before the Germans could have any inkling of what was toward . They were struck with sudden panic by everything - by the rapidity of our approach ...
... Germans from him , were so speedily covered that the legions ' reached the enemy's camp before the Germans could have any inkling of what was toward . They were struck with sudden panic by everything - by the rapidity of our approach ...
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CHAPTER I | 15 |
Inauguration of the Century of Revolution | 22 |
The First Civil | 28 |
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