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... Pompey disbanded his army in 61 B.C. , he was the Emperor of Rome all but in name.'2 Or , as Plutarch puts it : ' not an admiral , but a monarch.'3 Pompey's plan was an able one : it was first to close the strait of Gibraltar , the ...
... Pompey disbanded his army in 61 B.C. , he was the Emperor of Rome all but in name.'2 Or , as Plutarch puts it : ' not an admiral , but a monarch.'3 Pompey's plan was an able one : it was first to close the strait of Gibraltar , the ...
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... Pompey's prestige won the day ; the bill was passed with little opposition . When , in 66 B.C. , Pompey opened his first campaign , Mithridates was probably in the vicinity of Cabira , and as he was not strong enough to meet Pompey in ...
... Pompey's prestige won the day ; the bill was passed with little opposition . When , in 66 B.C. , Pompey opened his first campaign , Mithridates was probably in the vicinity of Cabira , and as he was not strong enough to meet Pompey in ...
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... Pompey's fleet , and Pompey's from Dyrra- chium by Caesar's army . Of the two , Caesar's was at the greater dis- advantage : not only had his army to be sustained in an enemy's country , but its inferiority in cavalry severely ...
... Pompey's fleet , and Pompey's from Dyrra- chium by Caesar's army . Of the two , Caesar's was at the greater dis- advantage : not only had his army to be sustained in an enemy's country , but its inferiority in cavalry severely ...
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CHAPTER I | 15 |
Inauguration of the Century of Revolution | 22 |
The First Civil | 28 |
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