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... force , the Greeks , copying from the Egyptians , were accustomed to form in a circle , and , placing their shields together , make a strong ram- part difficult to penetrate . In the Cyropędia we are told by Xenophon that " the ...
... force , the Greeks , copying from the Egyptians , were accustomed to form in a circle , and , placing their shields together , make a strong ram- part difficult to penetrate . In the Cyropędia we are told by Xenophon that " the ...
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... forces of Mindarus . This battle is the last recorded by Thucydides . As an admiral of the Athenian navy his descriptions of sea - fights are particularly valu- able . * Signal 54. Signal No. 436. Signal No. 298 . At the battle of ...
... forces of Mindarus . This battle is the last recorded by Thucydides . As an admiral of the Athenian navy his descriptions of sea - fights are particularly valu- able . * Signal 54. Signal No. 436. Signal No. 298 . At the battle of ...
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... force of thirty three Peloponnesians , although the lat- ter had a division of twenty more near at hand . The Athenian , having plenty of sea room for manœuvering , dis- regarded the numerical superiority of his adversary , more ...
... force of thirty three Peloponnesians , although the lat- ter had a division of twenty more near at hand . The Athenian , having plenty of sea room for manœuvering , dis- regarded the numerical superiority of his adversary , more ...
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... force on a single point and thus beating him in detail , all seem to have been well understood ; while boarding , the use of boarding bridges , ramming , crippling by various methods to prevent escape , grappling , surprises , feints ...
... force on a single point and thus beating him in detail , all seem to have been well understood ; while boarding , the use of boarding bridges , ramming , crippling by various methods to prevent escape , grappling , surprises , feints ...
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... forces . The battle of Actium scarcely comes within the range of critical notice . Anthony , indeed , so disposed his fleet as to extort the com- mendation of his great rival ; while the genius of Marcus Agrippa , who handled the Roman ...
... forces . The battle of Actium scarcely comes within the range of critical notice . Anthony , indeed , so disposed his fleet as to extort the com- mendation of his great rival ; while the genius of Marcus Agrippa , who handled the Roman ...
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