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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 11 – A Literal Prophecy
Prideaux, that neither of them could be

content with only half of the Roman empire;

for Lepidus having been deposed from the

Triumvirate, it now lay between them, and

each being determined to possess the whole,

they cast the die of war for its possession.

Antony assembled his fleet at Samos. Five

hundred ships of war, of extraordinary size

and structure, having several decks one above

another, with towers upon the head and stern,

made an imposing and formidable array.

These ships carried two hundred thousand

foot, and twelve thousand horse. The kings of

Libya, Cilicia, Cappadocia, Paphlagonia,

Comagena, and Thrace, were there in person;

and those of Pontus, Judea, Lycaonia, Galatia,

and Media, had sent their troops. A more

splendid and gorgeous military spectacle than