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ligustinus_n a_o soldier_n his_o speech_n recount_v his_o many_o service_n xlii_o 34._o livius_n a_o poet_n the_o first_o that_o make_v a_o play_n of_o one_o continue_a plot_n seven_o 2._o he_o make_v verse_n to_o be_v sing_v by_o twenty_o seven_o virgin_n to_o appease_v the_o god_n xxvii_o 37._o m._n livius_n after_o several_a year_n retreat_v choose_v consul_n 36._o why_o he_o be_v surname_v salinator_n xxix_o 37._o locust_n vast_a swarm_n of_o they_o about_o capua_n thirty_o 2._o the_o like_a in_o apulia_n xlii_o 10._o longa_n alba_n build_v i_o 3._o locri_n surrender_v to_o the_o carthaginian_n xxiv_o i._o regain_v by_o scipio_n xxix_o 7._o the_o complaint_n of_o their_o ambassador_n against_o q._n pleminius_n 18._o luceria_n a_o colony_n send_v thither_o ix_o 26._o lucretia_n find_v spin_v among_o her_o maid_n i_o 57_o ravish_a by_o tarquin_n kill_v her self_o 58._o lust_n cast_v both_o king_n and_o decemvir_n out_o of_o the_o supreme_a government_n of_o rome_n two_o 44._o c._n lutatius_n put_v a_o end_n to_o the_o first_o punic_a war_n xxviii_o 38._o he_o be_v free_v from_o slavery_n after_o he_o have_v be_v a_o prisoner_n to_o the_o enemy_n sixteen_o year_n by_o cn._n servilius_n thirty_o 19_o luxury_n first_o advance_v at_o rome_n by_o the_o army_n return_v from_o the_o conquest_n of_o asia_n thirty-nine_o 6._o lycortas_n praetor_n of_o the_o achaean_o his_o speech_n touch_v the_o lacedaemonian_n thirty-nine_o 36._o lycurgus_n his_o discipline_n abolish_v after_o seven_o hundred_o year_n continuance_n xxxviii_o 34._o m._n macedonian_a war_n the_o cause_n thereof_o at_o first_o with_o king_n philip_n xxxi_o 1._o afterward_o with_o k._n perseus_n thirty-nine_o 23._o the_o macedonian_a empire_n how_o and_o by_o who_o it_o increase_v xlv_o 9_o the_o bone_n of_o the_o macedonian_n kill_v about_o cynoscephalas_n gather_v together_o and_o that_o action_n misinterpret_v xxxvi_o 8._o the_o end_n of_o the_o macedonian_a war_n and_o of_o that_o monarchy_n by_o the_o 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