Carthaginian

Examples

• They were covetous, but they were afraid of the Carthaginian sea-power. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Septimius Severus was a Carthaginian, and his sister was never able to master Latin. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Roman generals were no match for the Carthaginian, and whenever they met him they were beaten. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Romans came out upon the sea, and to the astonishment of the Carthaginians and themselves defeated the Carthaginian fleet. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Ah, here is my Carthaginian. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• From the end of the second Carthaginian war till the fall of the Roman republic, the armies of Rome were in every respect standing armies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The war against Pyrrhus was won by the Carthaginian fleet, and Rome reaped a full half of the harvest of victory. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Then as the Carthaginian rammed or swept alongside, this _corvus_, as it was called, could be let down and the boarders could swarm aboard him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He had sixty big ships, and his main task was to found or reinforce certain Carthaginian stations upon the Morocco coast. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We read of horrible cruelties in the suppression of these troubles by Hamilcar, the Carthaginian general; of men being crucified by the thousand. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It further marks the practical spirit among the Romans that a work on agric ulture by a Carthaginian (Mago) was translated by order of the Senate. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Now they set to work to build quinqueremes, being helped, it is said, in their designing by one of these Carthaginian vessels coming ashore. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They made an unsuccessful siege of Lilyb?um, the chief surviving Carthaginian stronghold in Sicily. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Egyptian, Carthaginian, Greek and Roman Water Works. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The occasion arose in 264 B.C. At that time Sicily was not completely in Carthaginian hands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This preposterous order roused the Carthaginians to despair. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Carthaginians used such leather money. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Romans came out upon the sea, and to the astonishment of the Carthaginians and themselves defeated the Carthaginian fleet. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Carthaginians sent the hostages Rome demanded, they surrendered their arms, they prepared to surrender territory. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Rome in those days seemed to the Carthaginians a far less serious threat than the possibility of another Alexander the Great ruling Sicily. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Carthaginians suffered horribly from famine; but they held out until the town was stormed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is nonsense for historians to write of the political instincts of the Romans or Carthaginians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Roman popular patriotism, however, was also jealous and fearful of these Carthaginians, and less inclined to count the cost of a conflict. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Romans captured Messina, and Hiero deserted from the Carthaginians to the Romans. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• This one who told me how to make a talisman, comes from Africa, and, I believe, is a descendant of the old Carthaginians. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Before the battle of Zama there were a brief truce and negotiations, which broke down through the fault of the Carthaginians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Moreover, Hiero of Syracuse, the faithful ally of Rome, was now dead, and his successor Hieronymus turned over to the Carthaginians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Rome provoked the war by encouraging the Numidians to encroach upon Carthage until the Carthaginians were goaded to fight in despair. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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