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  fabius maximus - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
He served twice as consul and censor and in 218 BC he took part in the embassy to Carthage.
It was Fabius who formally declared war on the city after the capture of Sagonte by Hannibal.
The Senate named him dictator in 217 BC after the disaster at the Battle of Lake Trasimene in June of that year; this was unusual, as dictators were usually elected by the consuls.
www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/fabius-maximus   (541 words)

  
 Napitalia: The Battle of Saguntum - Notes and Sources
To add to the confusion, the settlement that lay below the fortress was no longer the city of Saguntum but had become the town of Murviedro.
When you add in the effects of writers' native languages the battle is been named variously as Saguntum, Sagunto, Sagonte, Merviedo and who knows what other variations.
A quarter of Suchet's "French" army was actually made up Italians, while a further fifteen percent were Poles or Neapolitans.
www.napitalia.org.uk /eng/sagns.shtml   (243 words)

  
 Marshal Suchet and the Siege of Valencia
One had to fear (and indeed, it was feared) this disastrous development, after one saw the city of Tarragona succumb.
The brilliant defense of Sagonte, the union of forces which that siege had given rise to, the energetic attitude which the officers and the soldiers manifested [and] their oath to fight bravely, had given birth to hopes both well-founded and encouraging: these lasted until 25 October.
The safety of these troops would depend upon the way in which they defended their position at Quarte and Manissès.
www.napoleon-series.org /military/battles/valencia/c_valencia17.html   (1050 words)

  
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End-to-end train times have been reduced from six hours, 10 minutes in 1992 to four hours, 40 minutes.
A second phase of work costing US million will be completed in 1999 between Sagonte and Oropesa del Mar, cutting another half hour off your travel time.
Here you have an example of a line systematically upgraded to high speed, rather than a high-speed line completed whole like that from Madrid to Seville.
articles.ringtone.hnzgyy.com.cn /free-sprint-ringtone-and-wallpaper   (1737 words)

  
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Because of death France will take to making a journey, Fleet by sea, marching over the Pyrenees Mountains, Spain in trouble, military people marching: Some of the greatest Ladies carried off to France.
D'Arras & Bourges, de Brodes grans enseignes, Vn plus grand nombre de Gascons battre à pied, Ceux long du Rosne saigneront les Espaignes: Proche du mont où Sagonte s'assied.
From Arras and Bourges many banners of Dusky Ones, A greater number of Gascons to fight on foot, Those along the Rhône will bleed the Spanish: Near the mountain where Sagunto sits.
dave.lab6.com /acid/dump/2003/prophecies_of_nostradamus/CENTUR~4.TXT   (5520 words)

  
 Arcelor :: Rapport Annuel 2002
Business Unit Center is located in France (Desvres, Dunkerque, Florange, Mardyck, Montataire and Mouzon) and again in Luxembourg (Dudelange).
covers the south of France (Fos-sur-Mer, Saint Chély d’Apcher), Italy (Piombino) and Spain (Avilés, Gijón, Sagonte, Sestao)
The Arcelor Packaging International Business Unit has six production sites.
www.arcelor.com /subsite/2002AnnualResults/en/institutionnel/page.php?n=038   (111 words)

  
 The Twin Lieutenants, a story by Alexandre Dumas père
They fought twenty-eight days before entering the place, sire!
and, twenty-eight days more after entering, where they cut their way from house to house, as at Sagonte, Numance and Calahorra!
Men have resisted, women have struggled, children have fought, priests have encouraged!
www.cadytech.com /dumas/stories/the_twin_lieutenants.php   (16992 words)

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