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A breviary of Roman history from the building of Rome, to the year 1119 ... / writ in Latin by Eutropius ; translated into English by several young gentlemen privately educated in Hatton-Garden.; Breviarium ab urbe condita. English
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Eutropius, 4th cent.; Maidwell, Lewis, 1650-1715.
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