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  • We had each other for eighteen precious months, and we were not lonely, for there was always a coming and going of leaders and comrades -- strange voices from the under-world of intrigue and revolution, bringing stranger tales of strife and war from all our battle-line.

    Chapter 20: A Lost Oligarch 2010

  • The report is as follows: And at the same time Lentulus left an elevated position which he had defended with a double battle-line and at the cost of many of his men, when from out of the soldiers kit bags, officers cloaks began to catch the eye and selected cohorts began to be discernible.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • The report is as follows: And at the same time Lentulus left an elevated position which he had defended with a double battle-line and at the cost of many of his men, when from out of the soldiers kit bags, officers cloaks began to catch the eye and selected cohorts began to be discernible.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • The report is as follows: And at the same time Lentulus left an elevated position which he had defended with a double battle-line and at the cost of many of his men, when from out of the soldiers kit bags, officers cloaks began to catch the eye and selected cohorts began to be discernible.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • The Japanese battle-line comes over the horizon, and there is the opposition – escort carriers, a few destroyers, a few destroyer-escorts.

    Wednesday, Oct, 21 – The Bleat. 2009

  • The report is as follows: And at the same time Lentulus left an elevated position which he had defended with a double battle-line and at the cost of many of his men, when from out of the soldiers kit bags, officers cloaks began to catch the eye and selected cohorts began to be discernible.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • But Don John of Austria has burst the battle-line!

    Remembering Lepanto de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • But Don John of Austria has burst the battle-line!

    Archive 2008-10-05 de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • On our side, the hired barber armed himself with a razor and served out the others to us; on their side, Tryphaena's retainers prepared to battle with their bare fists, nor was the scolding of female warriors unheard in the battle-line.

    Satyricon 2007

  • The woman poured out this rhapsody in a loud excited voice, the battle-line wavered for an instant, then all hands were recalled to peace and terminated the war.

    Satyricon 2007

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