The Worlds Famous Orations, Vol. 2 of 10: Rome (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

William Jennings Bryan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330194039 ISBN 13: 9781330194034

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Worlds Famous Orations, Vol. 2 of 10: Rome

I am anxious to try whether the earth has sud denly, in these twenty years, sent forth a new race of Carthaginians, or whether these are the same who fought at the islands Bgates, and whom you permitted to depart from Eryx, val ued at eighteen denarii a head; and whether this Hannibal be, as he himself gives out, the rival of the expeditions of Hercules, or one left by his father the tributary and taxed subject and slave of the Roman people; who, did not his guilt at Saguntum drive him to frenzy, would certainly reflect, if not upon his conquered coun try, at least on his family, and his father, and the treaties written by the hand of Hamilcar; who, at the command of our consul, withdrew the garrison from Eryx; who, indignant and grieving, submitted to the harsh conditions im posed on the conquered Carthaginians; who agreed to depart from Sicily, and pay tribute to the Roman people.

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Excerpt from The Worlds Famous Orations, Vol. 2 of 10: Rome Born in - B. C., died in 212; defeated by Hannibal at the Ticino and the Trebia in 218 B. C.; destroyed the fleet of Carthage in 217, thus gaining for Rome the mastery of the sea; afterward gained other victories; finally defeated and slain in battle; father of the elder Scipio Africanus. If, soldiers, I were leading out that army to battle which I had with me in Gaul, I should have thought it superfluous to address you; for of what use would it be to exhort either those horsemen who so gloriously vanquished the cavalry of the enemy at the river Rhone or those legions with whom, pursuing this very enemy flying before us, I obtained, in lieu of victory, a confession of superiority, shown by his retreat and refusal to fight? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330194039
• ISBN 13: 9781330194034
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 265