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... Nero's famous March Battle of the Metaurus Observations Page 53 59 • • 76 8885 87 98 107 • 114 122 . 128 · 132 135 144 • 150 · 156 158 162 • 166 170 172 175 CONCLUDING CHAPTER 181 Battle of the Zama . 186 Observations 191 THE CAMPAIGNS ...
... Nero's famous March Battle of the Metaurus Observations Page 53 59 • • 76 8885 87 98 107 • 114 122 . 128 · 132 135 144 • 150 · 156 158 162 • 166 170 172 175 CONCLUDING CHAPTER 181 Battle of the Zama . 186 Observations 191 THE CAMPAIGNS ...
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... Nero , now first mentioned , guarded the camp above Suessula with two legions which Varro had raised in Picenum ; while the army of Appius Claudius , the consul , marched to Bovianum , and there united with that of the other consul from ...
... Nero , now first mentioned , guarded the camp above Suessula with two legions which Varro had raised in Picenum ; while the army of Appius Claudius , the consul , marched to Bovianum , and there united with that of the other consul from ...
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... Nero at Suessula , on the flank of Hanno's line of march ; yet it was accomplished without accident , and Hanno arrived at Beneventum before his enemies appear to have been aware of his having moved at all ; and having encamped within ...
... Nero at Suessula , on the flank of Hanno's line of march ; yet it was accomplished without accident , and Hanno arrived at Beneventum before his enemies appear to have been aware of his having moved at all ; and having encamped within ...
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... Nero was sum- moned from his camp at Suessula , and the three armies began the great work of surrounding Capua with double continuous lines of contra and circumvallation , to repel the sorties of the garrison , and the attempts Hannibal ...
... Nero was sum- moned from his camp at Suessula , and the three armies began the great work of surrounding Capua with double continuous lines of contra and circumvallation , to repel the sorties of the garrison , and the attempts Hannibal ...
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... Nero with his two legions con- tinued at Capua under the orders of the consuls . Thus six legions were employed before that place . The same forces continued to be employed in Etruria , in Cisalpine Gaul , Spain , Sicily , and Sardinia ...
... Nero with his two legions con- tinued at Capua under the orders of the consuls . Thus six legions were employed before that place . The same forces continued to be employed in Etruria , in Cisalpine Gaul , Spain , Sicily , and Sardinia ...
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