Two legions commanded by Appius Claudius Caudex disembarked at Messana, where the Mamertines had expelled the Carthaginian garrison commanded by Hanno ( no relation to Hanno the Great ).

* Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison.

Two legions were sent in but failed to coordinate and were routed by the Sarmatians.

Two legions under Mummius Lupercus were defeated at Castra Vetera ( near the modern Xanten ) and surrounded.

Two legions were still besieged at Castra Vetera and the rest of the Roman army was not large enough to cope with the revolt.

Two legions had been lost, two others ( I Germanica and XVI Gallica ) were controlled by the rebels.

Two things, though, saved the legions from being immediately routed — firstly, the knowledge and experience of the soldiers ( which meant that they could decide for themselves what to do without waiting for orders ) and secondly, Caesar had previously ordered all legion commanders to stay with their legions during the setting up of the camp.

* Two new legions levied for consul Publius Valerius Laevinus are deployed against Pyrrhus, reinforced by the existing legions of consul Tiberius Coruncanius from Etruria.

It was believed by some that he planned to eventually do away with the Rule of Two entirely in order to have legions of Sith at his disposal.

Two men murmured with their heads together at the end of the bar, while the sleek-headed bartender absently polished a glass.

Two thieves are crucified with Christ, one saved and the other damned.

Daniel Baker deluged his `` Unckle Quyne '' with requests to pay money for him to drapers in Watling Street and at the Two Cats in Canning Street.

Two or three times, C. C. Burlingham came to lunch with us in Weston, that wonderful man who lived to be more than a hundred years old and whose birthplace had been my Wall Street suburb.

Volumes One and Two, selected from the sound tracks of a television series, contain `` conversations with the elder wise men of our day ''.

Two other states provide vehicles, but only with legislative approval.

Two of the fluids showed a high-positive normal pressure when undergoing shear, and two showed small negative pressures which were negligible in comparison with the amount of the positive pressures generated by the other two.

Two absorptions of Af with ethyl acetate or two absorptions of Af ( which had been passed through Dowex-2-chloride ), NS and Af with crown gall tissue powder, or mouse liver powder did not further improve the specificity of staining.

Two companies now had headquarters with Clark J. Wait, who by then had his own drugstore at Factory Point -- the `` Northern Union Telegraph Company '' and the `` Western Union ''.

Two millions were added to what had been set aside for it in Mrs. Meeker's lifetime, and the proviso made that as long as Brian Thayer continued to discharge his duties as administrator of the fund to the satisfaction of the board of trustees ( hereinafter appointed by the bank administering the estate ) he was to be retained in his present capacity at a salary commensurate with the increased responsibilities enlargement of the fund would entail.

The Plus Two remain at a fixed position with drums and guitar but the quartet covers the stage with a batch of instruments ranging from tuba to tambourine, and the beat is solid.

Two late Sonatas, Op. 110 and 111, were played with similar insight, the disarming simplicities of the Op. 111 Adagio made plain without ever becoming obvious.

* Abroad with Two Yanks ( 1944 )

Two other reasons for this title are that he would support his aged father-in-law with his hand at Senate meetings, and that he had saved those men that Hadrian, during his period of ill-health, had condemned to death.

Two diagonally-crossed silver swords with golden handles rest on top.

Two of the five Albertosaurus sarcophagus specimens with humeri in 1970 were reported by Dale Russel as having pathological damage to them.

Two pieces of amber may be united by smearing the surfaces with linseed oil, heating them, and then pressing them together while hot.

Writer James Russell Lowell referred to Alcott in his poem " Studies for Two Heads " as " an angel with clipped wings ".

Two aspects of this attitude deserve to be mentioned: 1 ) he did not only study science from books, as other academics did in his day, but actually observed and experimented with nature ( the rumours starting by those who did not understand this are probably at the source of Albert's supposed connections with alchemy and witchcraft ), 2 ) he took from Aristotle the view that scientific method had to be appropriate to the objects of the scientific discipline at hand ( in discussions with Roger Bacon, who, like many 20th century academics, thought that all science should be based on mathematics ).

Two small sanctuaries, with terracotta votive offerings of Graeco-Phoenician age, lie not far off, but the location of the great shrines of Adonis and Aphrodite have not been identified ( M. Ohnefalsch-Richter, Kypros, i. ch. 1 ).

Records from the early 19th century survive to this day describing the distinct dialect that had surfaced in the colonies since first settlement in 1788, with Peter Miller Cunningham's 1827 book Two Years in New South Wales, describing the distinctive accent and vocabulary of the native born colonists, different from that of their parents and with a strong London influence.

* Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories ( short stories collected posthumously, also published as Miss Marple's Final Cases, but only six of the eight stories actually feature Miss Marple ) ( written between 1939 and 1954, published 1979 )

Two batters later, and to the horror of the packed stadium, Cubs shortstop Alex Gonzalez misplayed an inning ending double play, loading the bases and leading to eight Florida runs and a Marlin victory.

At the end of season eight, Rachel and Ross have a daughter named Emma in " The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, Part Two ".

From his first wife Elisabeth of Württemberg, one daughter, and his second wife Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies, eight daughters and four sons:

Metals typically consist of close-packed atoms, meaning that the atoms are arranged like sphere Two packing motifs are common, one being body-centered cubic wherein each metal is surrounded by eight equivalent metals.

Hay and Ham hired new bandmates to tour behind the record, including jazz / fusion bassist Jeremy Alsop, progressive rock drummer Mark Kennedy ( ex Ayers Rock ), and guitarist James Black, who respectively play on seven, eight and one of the ten tracks on Two Hearts.

Two armed schooners, Franklin and Hancock, from Beverly, Massachusetts, made prisoner of the attorney-general at Charlottetown, on advice given them by some Pictou residents after they had taken eight fishing vessels in the Gut of Canso.

Two dramas produced by Spelling Television, 7th Heaven and Charmed also helped bring The WB into the spotlight, with " Charmed " lasting eight seasons and being the longest running drama with female leads and " 7th Heaven " surviving eleven seasons and being the longest running family drama and longest running show for The WB.

Two notable pre-emptions occurred in 1976 and 1977, to make room for the annual telecast of The Wizard of Oz, which had recently returned to CBS after having been shown on NBC for eight years.

Two years later, Tubman received word that her father had harbored a group of eight escaped slaves, and was at risk of arrest.

By the end of World War Two, the US had built eight new wind tunnels, including the largest one in the world at Moffett Field near Sunnyvale, California, which was designed to test full size aircraft at speeds of less than 250 mph and a vertical wind tunnel at Wright Field, Ohio, where the wind stream is upwards for the testing of models in spin situations and the concepts and engineering designs for the first primitive helicopters flown in the US.

Two weeks after the election, one of the most sweeping cabinet reshuffles in Swedish history took place, with eight ministers leaving their posts.

Two days later, four residents of the Jabalya refugee camp — the largest of the eight refugee camps in the Gaza Strip — were killed in a traffic accident involving an Israeli trucker.

Their show together was The Two Ronnies, a sketch show which aired for twelve series and eight specials between 1971 and 1987, to immediate success.

Two to eight players is common, though eight may require special rules for the last cards dealt if no players fold.

Two offspring ( twins ) is the most common form, eight ( octuplets ) is the largest number ever successfully carried to full term with all children surviving.

Two subfamilies comprising eight genera and 43 species are currently recognized.

Two additions were made to Black Hawk, by William P. Records, Daniel A. Allen and Christopher M. Allen, May 15, 1839, consisting of sixteen lots on the north of the original town plat, and eight lots on the south.

Two miles ( 3 km ) eastward from the shore lies a chain of deep and narrow ponds, eight miles ( 13 km ) long ( 13 km ), with an average width of three-quarters of a mile, and covering an area of.

Two civilians, an elderly man and Rosalie Beekman -- an eight year old girl, were killed during the war, when a Union ironclad shelled the town from the river.

Two of the eight infantry regiments included in the Garde Royale from 1815 to 1830 were Swiss and can be regarded as successors of the old Gardes suisses.

Two finalists for each of the eight categories were awarded a trip to Ottawa, Canada to participate in the Corel World Design Contest gala and awards ceremony.

Two weeks later, the Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center reported that eight of 69 Iraqi prisoners of war whose blood was tested showed a current immunity to smallpox, which had not occurred naturally in Iraq since 1971 ; the same prisoners had also been inoculated for anthrax.