10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUCULLUS»
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The first English biography on one of Rome's greatest soldiers, traditionally considered a degenerate. It offers a thoroughly revisionist account of Lucullus as a soldier, politician and aesthete, dispelling many wild fictions about him.
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Yellow Wolf - His Own Story
Yellow Wolf -His Own Story By LUCULLUS VIRGIL McWHORTER, ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS. Originally published in 1940 YELLOW WOLF His Own Story. Contents include: INTRODUCTION 13 Part One The War and the Warrior Chapter 1.
Lucullus Virgil McWhorter, 2008
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Themes, character, and politics in Plutarch's Life of ...
Lucullus emerges from this book as an ambitious noble operating within the highly competitive system of Republican politics, and seeking to accumulate and to display power and prestige.
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Hear Me, My Chiefs!: Nez Perce Legend and History
McWhorter spent years interviewing, researching, then recording Nez Perce history and legend.
Lucullus V. McWhorter, 1952
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Ancient Rome: A Military and Political History
When Lucullus decided to move east in 72 B.C., this move would entail a great
expansion of Rome's commitments, and he took the decision on his own without
consulting the senate. In the spring of 71 B.C., Lucullus took a position by the
town ...
Christopher S. Mackay, 2004
... by the people in general ; whilst men of political sagacity could see that he
thought it prudent not to provoke Pompey too much. Soon afterwards, Lucullus
returned from the war, which being concluded by Pompey,- gave that geneial, in
some ...
Plutarch, John Langhorne, William Langhorne, 1801
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The Cambridge Ancient History
After delivering a letter from Lucullus, of which the contents are not reported, he
stated that he had come either to take Mithridates off for the triumph of Lucullus or
to declare war on Tigranes. The king inevitably refused to surrender Mithridates ...
J. A. Crook, Andrew Lintott, Elizabeth Rawson, 1994
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The Praetorship in the Roman Republic: Volume 2: 122 to 49 BC
52 The terminus must be the arrival of the cos. 73 M. Terentius Varro Lucullus in
Macedonia. Under the Sullan system, one expects that M. Lucullus would take up
Macedonia ex consulatu, that is, for 72. But Broughton thinks Lucullus may have
...
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Who's who in the Roman World
Lusius Lusius resulting Third Mithridatic War involved both Lucullus and his
fellow consul of 74, M. Aurelius COTTA (2): the latter was defeated at sea and
besieged in Chalce- don; Mithridates invaded Asia but was unable to take
Cyzicus, ...
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Daily Life of the Ancient Romans
The servant's explanation: because he knew that Lucullus would be dining
without guests, he thought that a less costly meal would suffice. "What are you
talking about?" bellowed Lucullus. "Don't you know that Lucullus is feeding
Lucullus ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUCULLUS»
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Thompson Brothers' Food of the Month: Cherries
Cherries would have been known to Horace, having been introduced to Rome 50 years earlier by Lucullus, a well-travelled general with a ... «Nottingham Post, Jul 15»
Ovation's 'Southern Uncovered with The Lee Bros.' comes to New …
Matt: I would have liked to check out Lucullus, the culinary antiques store. Since our show is on Ovation -- which is an arts channel -- we have ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
Avignon is a French fancy
The food is as exquisite as the elegant belle époque surroundings at Hiély-Lucullus (www.hiely-lucullus.com; 0033 490 861 707), one of ... «The National, Jun 15»
Zoubir Tabout
He studied foreign language at the Sorbonne in Paris and moved to New Orleans 18 years ago to work for Lucullus, a shop that specializes in ... «Jackson Free Press, May 15»
Spartacus: rebel or 'proto-communist'?
Plutarch says it was actually Crassus who requested the assistance of Pompey and Lucullus from Thrace. Either way, Crassus wanted to end ... «Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, May 15»
Remnants of ancient necropolis excavated in Black Sea city in Turkey
... and well-built harbors. The Roman general Lucius Licinius Lucullus captured the seaport in 70bce, and the city was nearly destroyed by fire.”. «Ancient Origins, May 15»
Kabile: When One Is Curious
... Kabile was first conquered and then destroyed by the Roman Consul and governor of Macedonia, Marcus Lucullus (Marcus Terentius Varro ... «Novinite.com, May 15»
Poached quinces with sour cherries
Writings from 72 BC discuss how the military leader Lucullus brought a cultivated cherry to Rome from a part of the empire called Pontus in ... «InDaily, Apr 15»
French Quarter shops with culinary gifts offer much more than hot …
The recipe Lucullus founder Patrick Dunne gave me for Café au Lait, in the story above, may be the most entertaining one I've ever used. «NOLA.com, Apr 15»
The Rise and Fall of Tigranes the Great, King of Armenia
Having been defeated by the Roman general Lucullus, Mithridates fled to Tigranes, who refused to hand him over to the Romans. By doing so ... «Ancient Origins, Mar 15»