The History of Egypt: From the Earliest Times Till the Conquest by the Arabs, A.D. 640, Volume 2George Bell, 1885 - Egypt |
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... marched against him and gave him battle . But he was beaten , and he fled with his wife Cleopatra ; and they shut themselves up in the city of Antioch . Grypus and Tryphæna then laid siege to the city , and Tryphæna soon took her ...
... marched against him and gave him battle . But he was beaten , and he fled with his wife Cleopatra ; and they shut themselves up in the city of Antioch . Grypus and Tryphæna then laid siege to the city , and Tryphæna soon took her ...
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... marched upon Asochis , a city of Galilee , where he scaled the walls on the sabbath - day , and took ten thou- sand prisoners , and a large booty . He then sat Antiq . down before the city of Saphoris , but left it on hearing that ...
... marched upon Asochis , a city of Galilee , where he scaled the walls on the sabbath - day , and took ten thou- sand prisoners , and a large booty . He then sat Antiq . down before the city of Saphoris , but left it on hearing that ...
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... marched back to the borders of Egypt , to claim her rights by force of arms . It was in the fourth year of her reign , when the Egyptian troops were moved to Pelusium to meet her , and the two armies were within a few leagues of one ...
... marched back to the borders of Egypt , to claim her rights by force of arms . It was in the fourth year of her reign , when the Egyptian troops were moved to Pelusium to meet her , and the two armies were within a few leagues of one ...
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... marched towards Alexandria at the head of twenty thousand foot and two thousand horse . Plutarch . ( 5 ) Cæsar , during the short time that he had been in Alexandria , had made many enemies by claiming from the people the large debt ...
... marched towards Alexandria at the head of twenty thousand foot and two thousand horse . Plutarch . ( 5 ) Cæsar , during the short time that he had been in Alexandria , had made many enemies by claiming from the people the large debt ...
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... marched towards Memphis , meaning to cross the Nile near Heliopolis . At first the Jews of that neighbourhood took arms against him . But Antiq . xiv . they gave way to the letters which he had brought from their countrymen at Jerusalem ...
... marched towards Memphis , meaning to cross the Nile near Heliopolis . At first the Jews of that neighbourhood took arms against him . But Antiq . xiv . they gave way to the letters which he had brought from their countrymen at Jerusalem ...
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