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" It was wrote in Greek characters, that if it fell into the enemy's hands, it might not be intelligible to them. The messenger had orders, in case he found it impracticable to penetrate himself into the Roman camp, to tic the letter to a javelin, and throw... "
Memoirs of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - Page 140
by Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - 1842
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The commentaries of Cæsar, translated. To which is prefixed, A discourse ...

Gaius Julius Caesar - 1779 - 620 pages
...He makes forced Marches ; and reaching the Territories of the Ncrviar.s, learnt from fome Prifoners the State of the Siege, and the Danger the Legion was in. Immediately he engages a Gaulifi Horfeman, by the Promife of great Rewards, Rewards, to carry a Letter to Cicero. It was wrote...
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Memoirs of the Celts Or Gauls

Joseph Ritson - Celts - 1827 - 386 pages
...bearing arms ; likewise, of the children and old men. (GWB i, C. 21.) He, at another time, engaged a Gaulish horseman, by the promise of great rewards, to carry a letter to Cicero. It was written in Greek characters (Grtecis conscription litteris), that if it fell into the hands...
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The Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth ...

Nathaniel Hooke - Rome - 1830 - 672 pages
...depended upon expedition, he made forced marches, reached the territories of the Nervii, and there learned from some prisoners the state of the siege, and the danger the legion was in. Immediately he engaged a Gallic horseman, by the promise of great rewards, to carry a letter to Cicero: it was written...
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The Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth ...

Nathaniel Hooke - Rome - 1830 - 640 pages
...depended upon expedition, he made forced marches, reached the territories of the Nervii, and there learned from some prisoners the state of the siege, and the danger the legion was in. Immediately he engaged a Gallic horseman, by the promise of great rewards, to carry a letter to Cicero : it was written...
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Cæsar, tr. by W. Duncan, Volume 1

Gaius Julius Caesar - 1832 - 310 pages
...depended on expedition. He made forced marches ; and reaching the territories of the Nervians, learned from some prisoners the state of the siege, and the danger the legion was in. Immediately he engaged a Gaulish horseman, by the promise of great rewards, to carry a letter to Cicero. It was written...
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Longer Latin Exercises, Part 2

Thomas Kerchever Arnold - Latin language - 1850 - 104 pages
...depended on expedition. He made forced marches ; and reaching the territories of the Nervians, learned from some prisoners the state of the siege, and the danger the legion was in. Immediately he engaged a Gaulish horseman, by the promise of great rewards, to carry a letter to Cicero. It was written...
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The Commentaries of Caesar

Julius Caesar - Gaul - 1856 - 472 pages
...• : marches; and reaching the territories of tlie .Servians, learned from some prisoners tlie *tnle of the siege and the danger the legion was in. Immediately...Gaulish horseman, by the promise of great rewards, to c»rry a letter to Cicero. It was wrote in Greek characters, that if it fell into tlie enemy's hands,...
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Commentaries

Julius Caesar - 1861 - 472 pages
...depended upon expedition. He makes forced marches ; and reaching the territories of the Nervians, learned from some prisoners the state of the siege and the...promise of great rewards, to carry a letter to Cicero. It was wrote in Greek characters, that if it fell intu the enemy's hands, it might not be intelligible...
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The Mind of Rome

Cyril Bailey - English literature - 1926 - 602 pages
...depended upon expedition. He makes forced marches ; and reaching the territories of the Nervians, learns from some prisoners the state of the siege, and the...promise of great rewards, to carry a letter to Cicero. It was wrote in Greek characters, that if it fell into the enemy's hands, it might not be intelligible...
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