Lectures on Ancient History: From the Earliest Times to the Taking of Alexandria by Octavianus. Comprising the History of the Asiatic Nationsm the Egyptians, Greks, Macedonians and Carthaginians, Volume 1Taylor, Walton, and Maberly, 1852 |
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