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... fleet to prevent its supply by sea . They decided , therefore , on a war of economic attrition , and to prepare for it ' they fortified their towns , gathered corn thither from the fields , and assembled as many ships as possible in ...
... fleet to prevent its supply by sea . They decided , therefore , on a war of economic attrition , and to prepare for it ' they fortified their towns , gathered corn thither from the fields , and assembled as many ships as possible in ...
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... fleet the Channel must have seen until 1944 stood out for Britain1 with five legions and 2,000 cavalry aboard , and ... fleet ashore , and nearly all its ships had been damaged in collision with one another . At once Caesar recalled the ...
... fleet the Channel must have seen until 1944 stood out for Britain1 with five legions and 2,000 cavalry aboard , and ... fleet ashore , and nearly all its ships had been damaged in collision with one another . At once Caesar recalled the ...
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... fleet on to the Dalmatian coast , and had sunk or captured forty of his ships . On Caesar's arrival in Rome , he forthwith held the consular elec- tions , and as he considered it inexpedient to retain the dictatorship , he had himself ...
... fleet on to the Dalmatian coast , and had sunk or captured forty of his ships . On Caesar's arrival in Rome , he forthwith held the consular elec- tions , and as he considered it inexpedient to retain the dictatorship , he had himself ...
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CHAPTER I | 15 |
Inauguration of the Century of Revolution | 22 |
The First Civil | 28 |
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