100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the PresentBloomsbury Academic, 2000 M01 1 - 474 pages Key battles have shaped history since time immemorial. This handy reference work spotlights 100 of the world's most important military confrontations, from 1469 B.C.–A.D. 1991. |
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Page 43
... Italy to the port of Bruttium , the port where he received what supplies Carthaginian ships could deliver to him . For 11 years Hannibal had had his own way in Italy , defeating every force the Romans could send against him . Still ...
... Italy to the port of Bruttium , the port where he received what supplies Carthaginian ships could deliver to him . For 11 years Hannibal had had his own way in Italy , defeating every force the Romans could send against him . Still ...
Page 59
... Italy and opened the purses and markets of 5,000,000 people to Roman trade . It saved Italy and the Mediterranean world for four centuries from barbarian inva- sion ; and it lifted Caesar from the verge of ruin to a new height of ...
... Italy and opened the purses and markets of 5,000,000 people to Roman trade . It saved Italy and the Mediterranean world for four centuries from barbarian inva- sion ; and it lifted Caesar from the verge of ruin to a new height of ...
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... Italy . Napoleon , when not fighting the Austrians , was reorganizing the political structure of the north Italian provinces , and his combination of Milan , Bolgna , and Modena into the new Cisalpine Republic was confirmed by the peace ...
... Italy . Napoleon , when not fighting the Austrians , was reorganizing the political structure of the north Italian provinces , and his combination of Milan , Bolgna , and Modena into the new Cisalpine Republic was confirmed by the peace ...
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Megiddo 1479 B C | 1 |
Syracuse 415413 B C | 18 |
Gaugamela Arbela 331 B C | 31 |
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