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... Gaul and across the Alps into Cisalpine Gaul , in order to sound the disposition of the inhabitants * See Observation 1 . along the route he proposed to follow , and to 26 CHAP . I. CAMPAIGNS OF HANNIBAL .
... Gaul and across the Alps into Cisalpine Gaul , in order to sound the disposition of the inhabitants * See Observation 1 . along the route he proposed to follow , and to 26 CHAP . I. CAMPAIGNS OF HANNIBAL .
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... Cisalpine Gauls on its descent from the Alps . He well knew the character of that lively and fickle people and their hatred of the Romans ; and he trusted to his own genius , to convert their country into a secure base of operations ...
... Cisalpine Gauls on its descent from the Alps . He well knew the character of that lively and fickle people and their hatred of the Romans ; and he trusted to his own genius , to convert their country into a secure base of operations ...
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sir Patrick Leonard MacDougall. unknown country , whose inhabitants , as Gauls , probably hated the Roman name ... Cisalpine Gaul . * Scipio accordingly again descended the Rhone , and having despatched his army to Spain under the ...
sir Patrick Leonard MacDougall. unknown country , whose inhabitants , as Gauls , probably hated the Roman name ... Cisalpine Gaul . * Scipio accordingly again descended the Rhone , and having despatched his army to Spain under the ...
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... Cisalpine Gaul under the Prętor L. Manlius ; and in order fur- ther to restrain the disaffected Gauls , the military colo- nists of two Roman colonies to the number of 12,000 men , were despatched to occupy the important posts of ...
... Cisalpine Gaul under the Prętor L. Manlius ; and in order fur- ther to restrain the disaffected Gauls , the military colo- nists of two Roman colonies to the number of 12,000 men , were despatched to occupy the important posts of ...
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... Cisalpine Gaul , towards the end of the year , he found the army of the prętors in the field amounting to about 25,000 men , and the military colonists re - established in Placentia and Cre- mona ; and it was of this aggregate force ...
... Cisalpine Gaul , towards the end of the year , he found the army of the prętors in the field amounting to about 25,000 men , and the military colonists re - established in Placentia and Cre- mona ; and it was of this aggregate force ...
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