contain_v 44_o year_n chap._n vii_o from_o the_o death_n of_o servius_n tullius_n to_o the_o banishment_n of_o tarqvinius_n superbus_n the_o seven_o king_n of_o rome_n which_o cause_v the_o dissolution_n of_o the_o regal_a state_n contain_v 25_o year_n book_n ii_o the_o consular_a state_n of_o rome_n from_o the_o beginning_n of_o that_o government_n to_o the_o ruin_n of_o it_o by_o the_o first_o triumvirate_n contain_v the_o space_n of_o 449_o year_n chap._n i._o from_o the_o banishment_n of_o the_o last_o king_n to_o the_o first_o dictator_n which_o be_v the_o first_o intermission_n of_o the_o consular_a power_n contain_v 10_o year_n chap._n ii_o from_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o first_o dictator_n to_o the_o great_a retrenchment_n of_o the_o consular_a power_n by_o the_o tribune_n of_o the_o people_n contain_v 5_o year_n chap._n iii_o from_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o tribune_n of_o the_o people_n to_o the_o second_o intermission_n of_o the_o consular_a power_n by_o the_o 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