The English Historical Review, 1909, Vol. 24 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The English Historical Review, 1909, Vol. 24Licinius had been equally active during the period of probably about fifteen months since the attack upon the Goths in 323. He had gathered a formidable army at Adrianople. A hundred and fifty thousand infantry and fifteen thousand cavalry were ready to oppose the hundred and twenty thousand under Constantine. These troops were mostly from Phrygia and Cappadocia. His numerical superiority at sea was still more marked. Egypt had furnished 130 ships, Cyprus and Lycia 110. These, with others from the coasts of Asia Minor, made up a ¿eet of three hundred and fifty fighting vessels, which Zosimus calls triremes. They were placed under the command of Amandus, a leader of proved capacity. Not for upwards of a century - not indeed since the death of Severus in 211 - had the empire seen such large armies collected for civil warfare nor learned of the assembly of such powerful ¿eets. All preparations gave promise of an ardent struggle both on land and sea. Every one was ready by May 321 for the opening of the campaign which put the causes in dispute to the arbitrament of war.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.