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The Roman army was reinforced by auxiliaries from the Latin allies and the Hernici. [12] The Sabine army was camped outside the walls of Veii. The Roman army attacked the Sabine defences. The Sabines sallied forth from their camp, but the Romans had the better of the fighting, and took the gate of the Sabine camp.
In June 1863, Camp Groce was reopened as a prison camp for Union prisoners captured in the Battles of Galveston (January 1, 1863) and Sabine Pass I (January 21, 1863). The Union prisoners of war taken at the Battle of Sabine Pass II (September 8, 1863) were also sent to Camp Groce; 427 Union prisoners were held at Camp Groce in 1863 and 21 died.
Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site is located in Jefferson County, Texas, where the Sabine River enters the Gulf of Mexico. The site is the location of a significant Civil War battle. In September 1863, members of the Davis Guard—led by Confederate Lt. Richard "Dick" Dowling —held off a Union attack at Sabine Pass , a key port for ...
Fort Manhassett was a group of earthen fortifications that guarded the western approaches to Sabine City, Texas during the American Civil War, operating in service of the Confederate Army from October 1863 to May 1865. A segment of 'Plan of Sabine Pass: of its defenses and means of communications', showing the works and their individual ...
Location of Sabine County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Sabine County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Sabine County, Texas. There are three properties listed on the National Register in the county.
The ancient Roman army didn’t seem to be afraid of anything, but they definitely weren’t afraid of heights, as evidenced by the discovery of a 2,000-year-old Roman military camp located 7,000 ...
Soldiers attacking Tarpeia, on a fragmentary relief from the frieze of the Basilica Aemilia (1st century CE). The legend tells that while Rome was besieged by the Sabine king Titus Tatius, Tarpeia, a Vestal Virgin and daughter of the commander of the citadel, Spurius Tarpeius, approached the Sabine camp and offered them entry to the city in exchange for "what they bore on their left arms".
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