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... Cannę ; are aware that Fabius was called " Cunctator , " and have a general impression that he was rather a slow coach ; but of the real greatness of Hannibal and of the Roman commanders opposed to him , as well as of the gigantic ...
... Cannę ; are aware that Fabius was called " Cunctator , " and have a general impression that he was rather a slow coach ; but of the real greatness of Hannibal and of the Roman commanders opposed to him , as well as of the gigantic ...
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... Cannę Observations CHAP . IV . - Fourth Campaign Fifth Campaign Observations CHAP . V. - Sixth Campaign Seventh Campaign Eighth Campaign Observations • CHAP . VI . —Ninth Campaign Tenth Campaign Eleventh Campaign Twelfth Campaign ...
... Cannę Observations CHAP . IV . - Fourth Campaign Fifth Campaign Observations CHAP . V. - Sixth Campaign Seventh Campaign Eighth Campaign Observations • CHAP . VI . —Ninth Campaign Tenth Campaign Eleventh Campaign Twelfth Campaign ...
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... Cannę . 5. Fabius was a great man and a great general . Why then did he not , with his superior forces , attack Hannibal during this campaign and so end the war by one great stroke ? The answer to the question is , that he did not do so ...
... Cannę . 5. Fabius was a great man and a great general . Why then did he not , with his superior forces , attack Hannibal during this campaign and so end the war by one great stroke ? The answer to the question is , that he did not do so ...
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... Cannę , as well as his own conduct after that battle , prove that he was an able man and that he possessed some great qualities . One prętor , Marcellus , who had slain the Gaulish king with his own hand in the last Gaulish war , was at ...
... Cannę , as well as his own conduct after that battle , prove that he was an able man and that he possessed some great qualities . One prętor , Marcellus , who had slain the Gaulish king with his own hand in the last Gaulish war , was at ...
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... Cannę , a town near the river Aufidus ; and Hannibal suddenly descending into the plains , turned the Roman position and reaching Canna by forced marches , captured that town with all its accumulated stores . * He thus not only obtained ...
... Cannę , a town near the river Aufidus ; and Hannibal suddenly descending into the plains , turned the Roman position and reaching Canna by forced marches , captured that town with all its accumulated stores . * He thus not only obtained ...
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