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Flavius Josephus, Against Apion (ed. William Whiston, A.M.) | 8 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Polybius, Histories | 6 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Apollodorus, Library and Epitome (ed. Sir James George Frazer) | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Flavius Josephus, The Wars of the Jews (ed. William Whiston, A.M.) | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Herodotus, The Histories (ed. A. D. Godley) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews (ed. William Whiston, A.M.) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
World English Bible (ed. Rainbow Missions, Inc., Rainbow Missions, Inc.; revision of the American Standard Version of 1901) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Sir Edward Ridley) | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation | 2 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Antiochus Attempts to Complete his Conquest
The approach of spring found both sides weary of
Renewal of hostilities, B. C. 218.
negotiations, and with no prospect of coming to
a conclusion. Antiochus therefore began collecting his forces, with a view of making an invasion
by land and sea, and completing his conquest of Coele-Syria.
On his part Ptolemy gave the supreme management of the war
to Nicolaus, sent abundant provisions to Gaza, and despatched
land and sea forces. The arrival of these reinforcements gave
Nicolaus courage to enter upon the war: the commander of
the navy promptly co-operating with him in carrying out all his
orders. This admiral was Perigenes, whom Ptolemy sent out
in command of the fleet, consisting of thirty fully-decked ships
and more than four thousand ships of burden. Nicolaus was
by birth an Aetolian, and was the boldest and most experienced
officer in the service of Ptolemy. With one division of his
army he hastened to seize the pass at Platanus; with the