The Last Days and Fall of Palmyra: Being Letters of Lucius M. Piso to His Friend, Marcus Curtius, at RomeCassell, 1885 - 382 páginas |
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... reach backward to defeat ? What was the reign of Odenatus but an unbroken triumph ? Are you now , for the first time , to fly or fall before an enemy ? And who the enemy ? Forget it not - Rome ! and Aurelian ! — the greatest empire and ...
... reach backward to defeat ? What was the reign of Odenatus but an unbroken triumph ? Are you now , for the first time , to fly or fall before an enemy ? And who the enemy ? Forget it not - Rome ! and Aurelian ! — the greatest empire and ...
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... reach , seems in commotion , as if society were dissolved , and breaking up from its foundations . The noble and the rich , whose means are ample , gather together their valu- ables , and with their children and friends seek the nearest ...
... reach , seems in commotion , as if society were dissolved , and breaking up from its foundations . The noble and the rich , whose means are ample , gather together their valu- ables , and with their children and friends seek the nearest ...
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... reach of the most powerful engines , they should be fired , if possible , by means of well - barbed arrows and javelins , to which were attached sacs and balls of inflammable and explosive substances . These , fastening themselves upon ...
... reach of the most powerful engines , they should be fired , if possible , by means of well - barbed arrows and javelins , to which were attached sacs and balls of inflammable and explosive substances . These , fastening themselves upon ...
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already Antiochus arms army Aurelian beauty behold believe brother Cæsar Calpurnius captivity Carthage Christian countenance cried Ctesiphon Curtius death Demetrius desert divine doctrine doubt dromedary dwell east Ecbatana Emesa emperor empire faith Fausta fear feel fell friends Gallienus gates glory gods Gracchus Greek Hadad hand happy head hear heard heart honour hope Hormisdas horse immortality Isaac kingdom lance letter live Livia Longinus look Lucius Lucius Piso manner Milo mind never noble numbers Odenatus once Otho palace Palmyra Palmyrene passed Persian philosopher Piso plain Plato pleasure Portico prince Princess Julia Probus queen reign religion replied Roman Rome ruin Sapor scene seat seemed seen slave soldiers soon soul spirit stood streets sure tell thee things thou thought throne towers trust truth turned Vabalathus Valerian voice walls whole woman words Zabdas Zenobia