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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. BOME, GREECE, AND CAKTHAG-B. Feom 818 E. o. To 241 E. o. The Disaktek Of The Caudine Foees Avenged.?Paeties iN Rome.?Democeacy Of Appius Claudius.?In Noele Teeatment Of Pontius.?State Of The Woeld At Thb Time.?Coalition Against Rome, ?The Geeees Join The Coalition.?Pteehus Lands oN The Italian Peninsula.?Peogeess Of TIre Wae.?Expulsion Of Tn Geeees.?Invasion Ofsioily.?Wae With Caethage.?Invasion Of Afr.ica.?Stoet Of Regulus.?Victoeies And Defeats.?Rome Teiumphast.?Sicily Annexed To Rome. A CCORDING to the Roman story, in which not much reli- -- ance can be placed, the Romans, the next year sent a powerful force under a renowned champion, L. Papirius Cursor, who severely chastised the Samnites for their audacity in conquering a Roman army. Cursor took, they say, one of the chief cities of the Samnites, recovered all the arms and banners they had taken, rescued the six hundred knights which had been surrendered to them, and conveyed them all safely to Rome. Thus boastfully, on paper, the disgrace of the Caudiue Forks was effaced. It is, nevertheless, unquestioned, however little we may regard these boasts, that the war between the Romans and Samnites continued with increasing exasperation, and that the fortunes of war were decidedly in favor of Rome. At length the Samnites were crushed entirely, all their territory seized by the conquerors, and strong military colonies established in different parts of the country to hold them in subjection. The Romans were now so powerful that no combination of tribes could successfully oppose them. They pushed their conquests eastward, over the Apennines, to the Adriatic, and north into the wilds of Etruria. A Roman navy was rapidlyrising into existence, and the energetic republic towered in- contestably above all the surro..
| ISBN-13 | 9780217840897 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217840892 |
| Weight | 1.39 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.96 In |
| List Price | $27.27 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 432 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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