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  • They first marched out of their way to Beroea, which they attempted to take without success.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • They withdrew from Macedonia, going to Beroea and thence to

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005

  • At the sight of this vision he was much assured, and with swift marches overrunning all the interjacent places, takes Beroea, and making his head-quarters there, reduced the rest of the country by his commanders.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • On his way, he received the news that Pyrrhus had taken the city Beroea; and the report quickly getting out among the soldiers, all discipline at once was lost, and the camp was filled with lamentations and tears, anger and execrations on Demetrius; they would stay no longer, they would march off, as they said, to take care of their country, friends, and families; but in reality the intention was to revolt to

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • They withdrew from Macedonia, 4 going to Beroea and thence to Strepsa, and, after a futile attempt on the latter place, they pursued by land their march to Potidaea with three thousand hoplites of their own citizens, besides a number of their allies, and six hundred Macedonian horsemen, the followers of Philip and Pausanias.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • But while he lay encamped there near him, many who came out of Beroea infinitely praised Pyrrhus as invincible in arms, a glorious warrior, who treated those he had taken kindly and humanely.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • Macedon; and Pyrrhus, also, taking arms at the same time, marched to Beroea, expecting, as it fell out, that Demetrius, collecting his forces against Lysimachus, would leave the lower country undefended.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • They withdrew from Macedonia, 4 going to Beroea and thence to Strepsa, and, after a futile attempt on the latter place, they pursued by land their march to Potidaea with three thousand hoplites of their own citizens, besides a number of their allies, and six hundred Macedonian horsemen, the followers of Philip and Pausanias.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • Beroea; who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.

    The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union.

  • One-Religion, and Saint Jerome, who found this gospel in the library of Cæsarea about the end of the fourth century, says that he "received permission to translate it from the Nazareans of Beroea."

    Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution Th. Pascal

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