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nicomedes_n and_o the_o lieutenant_n of_o mithridates_n wherein_o nicomedes_n be_v defeat_v vii_o sundry_a success_n of_o mithridates_n arms._n viii_o the_o commission_n of_o this_o war_n give_v to_o sylla_n and_o the_o massacre_n of_o the_o italian_n in_o asia_n ix_o the_o siege_n of_o rhodes_n by_o mithridates_n who_o be_v force_v to_o raise_v it_o x._o the_o siege_n of_o the_o port_n of_o piraeum_n and_o of_o athens_n by_o sylla_n xi_o the_o city_n of_o athens_n take_v and_o sack_v and_o after_o it_o the_o port_n of_o piraeum_n xii_o the_o battle_n between_o sylla_n and_o archelaus_n near_o cheronea_n where_o sylla_n defeat_v archelaus_n xiii_o mithridates_n cruelty_n to_o the_o tetrarch_n of_o asia_n and_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o island_n of_o chios_n fourteen_o the_o fight_n between_o sylla_n and_o archelaus_n near_o orchomene_n where_o archelaus_n be_v beat_v xv._n the_o action_n of_o fimbria_n and_o the_o second_o sack_v of_o troy_n xvi_o the_o first_o accommodation_n betwixt_o 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war_n from_o the_o euxine_a sea_n to_o the_o sandy_a desert_n of_o egypt_n and_o from_o the_o pillar_n of_o hercules_n which_o be_v in_o spain_n to_o the_o euphrates_n it_o be_v not_o without_o reason_n they_o call_v this_o victory_n great_a or_o give_v to_o pompey_n who_o make_v all_o these_o conquest_n the_o title_n of_o greaâ—_n they_o possess_v likewise_o all_o africa_n as_o far_o as_o cyrene_n itself_o which_o be_v give_v they_o by_o the_o testament_n of_o appion_n the_o last_o king_n of_o that_o country_n who_o be_v a_o bastard_n of_o the_o race_n of_o the_o lagide_n so_o that_o to_o have_v the_o whole_a circuit_n of_o the_o mediterranean_a sea_n they_o want_v only_a egypt_n which_o be_v their_o last_o conquest_n the_o end_n of_o the_o four_o book_n of_o the_o roman_n war_n with_o mithridates_n appian_n of_o alexandria_n his_o history_n of_o the_o roman_a war_n in_o illyria_n part_n i._n book_n v._n the_o argument_n of_o this_o book_n i._o description_n of_o illyria_n and_o 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