History of the Later Roman Commonwealth: From the End of the Second Punic War to the Death of Julius Caesar; and of the Reign of Augustus: With a Life of Trajan
History of the Later Roman Commonwealth: From the End of the Second Punic War to the Death of Julius Caesar; and of the Reign of Augustus: With a Life of Trajan
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 edition. Excerpt: ...were joined by many individuals who had been ruined during the late contest; and now no longer wearing the semblance of auxiliaries to a regular government, they extended their cruises to all parts of the Mediterranean, and not only-Cicero, do Oratore, I. 18. Plutarch, in Pompeio, 24. Livy, Epitome, LXVIII. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 edition. Excerpt: ...were joined by many individuals who had been ruined during the late contest; and now no longer wearing the semblance of auxiliaries to a regular government, they extended their cruises to all parts of the Mediterranean, and not only-Cicero, do Oratore, I. 18. Plutarch, in Pompeio, 24. Livy, Epitome, LXVIII. Appian, de Bell. Mithridat. 92. THE PIRATES OF CILICIA. 275 made partial descents, but attacked and often made Chap.. vii. themselves masters of fortified towns situated on----' the coast. Under these circumstances, P. Servilius u.c. 676, Vatia, who had been consul in the year 674, was in u!c! 695, the year following sent to repress the pirates27; and he appears to have held the command during some years, in the course of which he defeated them at sea, and also stormed so many of their fortresses in Pamphylia and the neighbouring country of Isauria, that he received the surname of Isauricus, and was considered to have put an end altogether to the evil. These hopes, however, were soon disappointed. The trade of piracy had been found so profitable, that many others of the maritime states of Asia Minor were engaged in it as well as the Cilicians28; and no partial losses could put a stop to a system carried on on so extensive a scale. A more vigorous attempt to repress it had been made, indeed, about the year 678, when M. Antonius, the son of the orator, and father of the triumvir, received an extraordinary command, extending over all the sea coasts of the Mediterranean, that he might be enabled to check the enemy at once in every quarter. But Antonius seems to have distinguished himself by nothing but his oppression and his exactions from the allies of Rome, and his injustice towards neutral states: and the conduct of his subordinate officers...
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