The Histories, Volume 1 |
Common terms and phrases
Acarnanians accordingly Achaean league Achaeus Aegium Aemilius Aetolians allies ambassadors Antigonus Antiochus Apelles Aratus arms army arrived attack battle began besieging booty camp Carthage Carthaginians caused cavalry Celts citadel citizens Cleomenes Coele-Syria command Consuls courage crossed danger death Demetrius despatched district Dorimachus Eleans elephants encamped enemy enemy's engaged expedition Fabius fact favour fleet forces garrison Gauls Gnaeus Greece Greek ground guard Hamilcar hands Hannibal Hasdrubal Hermeias horse hundred Iberia Illyrians infantry Italy joined king Lacedaemonians land large number legions Libya light-armed Lilybaeum Livy Lycurgus Macedonians maniples Megaleas Megalopolis mercenaries Messene Messenians Molon Numidians officers once owing party Peloponnese Philip pitched plunder Polybius possession Ptolemy rest river Romans Rome sailed Scerdilaidas Scipio secure seized Senate sent ships Sicily side siege soldiers Sosibius Sparta Spendius stades Strategus Syracuse territory thousand took town treaty troops victory walls whole