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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... soon forfeited it by the steps which she 3. then took . She made a treaty of marriage with Antiochus Cyzicenus , the friend of her late husband , who was struggling in unnatural warfare for the throne of Syria with his brother Antiochus ...
... soon forfeited it by the steps which she 3. then took . She made a treaty of marriage with Antiochus Cyzicenus , the friend of her late husband , who was struggling in unnatural warfare for the throne of Syria with his brother Antiochus ...
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... soon overtaken by punishment ; in the next battle Cyzicenus was the conqueror , and he put Tryphæna to death , to quiet the ghost of her murdered sister . Porphyrius , B.C. 114 . ( 5 ) In the third year of her reign Cleopatra Cocce gave ...
... soon overtaken by punishment ; in the next battle Cyzicenus was the conqueror , and he put Tryphæna to death , to quiet the ghost of her murdered sister . Porphyrius , B.C. 114 . ( 5 ) In the third year of her reign Cleopatra Cocce gave ...
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... soon make himself too powerful , if not checked in his career of success , and that he might be able to march upon Egypt . She therefore mustered her forces , and put them under the command of Chelcias and Ananias , her Jewish generals ...
... soon make himself too powerful , if not checked in his career of success , and that he might be able to march upon Egypt . She therefore mustered her forces , and put them under the command of Chelcias and Ananias , her Jewish generals ...
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... Soon after this the campaign ended , by Lathyrus returning to his own kingdom of Cyprus , and Cleopatra to Egypt . ( 14 ) On this success , Cleopatra was advised to seize upon the throne of Jannæus , and again to add to Egypt the pro ...
... Soon after this the campaign ended , by Lathyrus returning to his own kingdom of Cyprus , and Cleopatra to Egypt . ( 14 ) On this success , Cleopatra was advised to seize upon the throne of Jannæus , and again to add to Egypt the pro ...
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... soon afterwards conquered by the Romans ; and it was only by skilful embassies and Epistola well - timed bribes that Lathyrus was able to keep off the punishment which seemed to await him for having thus disobeyed the orders of Sylla ...
... soon afterwards conquered by the Romans ; and it was only by skilful embassies and Epistola well - timed bribes that Lathyrus was able to keep off the punishment which seemed to await him for having thus disobeyed the orders of Sylla ...
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