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The now-famous expression was the only message Caesar sent back to the Roman Senate after his victory over Pharnaces II of Pontus in the Battle of Zela.
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The now-famous expression was the only message Caesar sent back to the Roman Senate after his victory over Pharnaces II of Pontus in the Battle of Zela.
Beware the Ides of March: 15 Ways to Caesar the Day at eternallycool.net 2008
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Pharnaces gave to the Delians an asylum at Adramyttium in Asia, and whoever chose went and settled there.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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Xerxes was pleased, and sent Artabazus the son of Pharnaces to the sea, commanding him to assume the government of the satrapy of
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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Potidaea, which was still blockaded by Athenian forces; they also wanted him to convey them across the Hellespont on their intended journey to Pharnaces, the son of Pharnabazus, who was to send them on to the King.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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Alexippidas was Ephor at Lacedaemon, a treaty was made in the plain of the Maeander between the Lacedaemonians and their allies on the one hand, and Tissaphernes, Hieramenes, and the sons of Pharnaces on the other, touching the interests of the King, and of the
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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Pharnabazus, son of Pharnaces, arrived at Lacedaemon upon a mission from Pharnabazus, to procure a fleet for the Hellespont; by means of which, if possible, he might himself effect the object of
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005
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The Delians had Atramyttium in Asia given them by Pharnaces, and settled there as they removed from Delos.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005
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Tissaphernes, Hieramenes, and the sons of Pharnaces, concerning the affairs of the King and of the Lacedaemonians and their allies.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005
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There he received many presents brought from Pharnaces, with several dead bodies of the royal blood, and the corpse of Mithridates himself, which was not easy to be known by the face, for the physicians that embalmed him had not dried up his brain, but those who were curious to see him knew him by the scars there.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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