The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes & Persians, Macedonians and Grecians, Volumen5W.W. Woodward, Robert Desilver, Thomas Desilver, McCarty & Davis, and Uriah Hunt, 1825 |
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... Bessus , Sect , XIII . Alexander builds a city near Laxarthes . Defeats the Scythians . Takes • Sect . XI . Vices which first caused the declension , and at last the ruin of the Persian empire , 213 217 225 · Sect . XIV . Death of ...
... Bessus , Sect , XIII . Alexander builds a city near Laxarthes . Defeats the Scythians . Takes • Sect . XI . Vices which first caused the declension , and at last the ruin of the Persian empire , 213 217 225 · Sect . XIV . Death of ...
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... Bessus , governor of Bactria- Darius marched his forces a little out of the common road , having ordered his baggage to go before ; then assem- bling his principal officers , he spoke to them as follows : " Dear companions , among so ...
... Bessus , governor of Bactria- Darius marched his forces a little out of the common road , having ordered his baggage to go before ; then assem- bling his principal officers , he spoke to them as follows : " Dear companions , among so ...
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... Bessus , general of the Bactrians , to com- mit the blackest of all crimes , and that was , to seize upon the person of the king , and lay him in chains ; which they might easily do , as each of them had a great number of soldiers un ...
... Bessus , general of the Bactrians , to com- mit the blackest of all crimes , and that was , to seize upon the person of the king , and lay him in chains ; which they might easily do , as each of them had a great number of soldiers un ...
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... Bessus had caus- ed him to be drawn in a chariot , and had sent the unhappy monarch before , in order to be the surer of his person ; that the whole army obeyed that wretch , Artabasus and the Greeks excepted , who not having a soul ...
... Bessus had caus- ed him to be drawn in a chariot , and had sent the unhappy monarch before , in order to be the surer of his person ; that the whole army obeyed that wretch , Artabasus and the Greeks excepted , who not having a soul ...
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... Bessus and his accom- plices , being come up with Darius , requested him to mount his horse , and fly from the enemy , but he replied , that the gods were ready to avenge the evils he had suffered ; and , beseeching Alexander to do him ...
... Bessus and his accom- plices , being come up with Darius , requested him to mount his horse , and fly from the enemy , but he replied , that the gods were ready to avenge the evils he had suffered ; and , beseeching Alexander to do him ...
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