Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, المجلد 1William Smith Walton and Maberly, 1856 - 2491 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 54
... Romans : the fol- 386 and 385 they appear to have abandoned the lowing brief summary will supply a general outline contest as hopeless : nor does their name again ap- of their principal features . pear in Roman history for the space of ...
... Romans : the fol- 386 and 385 they appear to have abandoned the lowing brief summary will supply a general outline contest as hopeless : nor does their name again ap- of their principal features . pear in Roman history for the space of ...
الصفحة 55
... Roman consuls ( ix . 45 ) : but he mentions none of them by name , and from the ease and rapidity with which they were reduced , it is probable that they were places of little importance . Many of the smaller towns and villages now scat ...
... Roman consuls ( ix . 45 ) : but he mentions none of them by name , and from the ease and rapidity with which they were reduced , it is probable that they were places of little importance . Many of the smaller towns and villages now scat ...
الصفحة 66
... Roman party in Aetolia , assisted by a body of Roman soldiers , massacred 550 of the leading patriots . All the sur- vivors , who were suspected of opposition to the Roman policy , were carried off as prisoners to Italy . It was at this ...
... Roman party in Aetolia , assisted by a body of Roman soldiers , massacred 550 of the leading patriots . All the sur- vivors , who were suspected of opposition to the Roman policy , were carried off as prisoners to Italy . It was at this ...
الصفحة 69
... Roman Africa . The first chief of the Massylii mentioned in his- tory , Gala , is supposed to have already deprived the Carthaginians of the important town of Hippo ( Bo- nah ) , inasmuch as it is mentioned with the epithet of Regius in ...
... Roman Africa . The first chief of the Massylii mentioned in his- tory , Gala , is supposed to have already deprived the Carthaginians of the important town of Hippo ( Bo- nah ) , inasmuch as it is mentioned with the epithet of Regius in ...
الصفحة 76
... Roman consuls , Hannibal who commanded the army within the walls found it impossible to hold out any longer , and made his escape in the night with the Cartha- ginian and mercenary troops , leaving the city to its fate . It was ...
... Roman consuls , Hannibal who commanded the army within the walls found it impossible to hold out any longer , and made his escape in the night with the Cartha- ginian and mercenary troops , leaving the city to its fate . It was ...
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الصفحة 56 - Towards the end of the first or the beginning of the second century after Christ, these lands were incorporated in the Roman empire.
الصفحة 237 - Look once more ere we leave this specular mount Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence...
الصفحة 250 - Parthenon, ... no two are parallel. This asymmetria is productive of very great beauty; for it not only obviates the dry uniformity of too many parallel lines, but also produces exquisite varieties of light and shade.
الصفحة 296 - Santo end a good watering-place for shipping; the water (except in very dry weather) runs out in a good stream. The distance across is 2500 yards, which agrees very well with the breadth of twelve stadia assigned by Herodotus. The width of the canal appears to have been about 18 or 20 feet; the level of the earth nowhere exceeds 15 feet above the sea; the soil is a light clay.
الصفحة 96 - Strabo, the position of which, as already described, is exactly confirmed by the Stadiasmus, as well as by Ptolemy. There was a fourth pass, as Major Rennell has justly observed, which crossing Mount Amanus from the eastward, descended upon the centre of the head of the gulf, near Issus. By this pass it was that Dareius marched from Sochus, and took up his position on the banks of the Pinarus ; by which movement Alexander, who had just before marched from Mallus to Myriandrus, through the two maritime...
الصفحة 261 - This statue was made of olive-wood, and was said to have fallen down from heaven. Here was the sacred olive-tree, which Athena called forth from the earth in her contest with Poseidon for the possession of Attica; here also was the well of salt water which Poseidon produced by the stroke of his trident, the impression of which was seen upon the rock ; and here, lastly, was the tomb of Oecrops as well as that of Ercchtbeus. . . . The form of the Erechtheium differs from every other known example of...
الصفحة 259 - On both sides, and towards the door, is a kind of gallery, made with two ranks of pillars, twenty-two below, and twentythree above. The odd pillar is over the arch of the entrance, which was left for the passage.
الصفحة 352 - Roman marriages at the end of the first and the beginning of the second century were childless.
الصفحة 272 - Vestiges of brazen and goldencoloured arms, of a blue sky, and of blue, green, and red drapery, are still very apparent.
الصفحة 124 - By its harbour of Seleucia it was in communication with all the trade of the Mediterranean ; and, through the open country behind the Lebanon, it was conveniently approached by the caravans from Mesopotamia and Arabia. It united the inland advantages of Aleppo with the maritime opportunities of Smyrna.