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a_o army_n have_v advertisement_n that_o the_o gaul_n have_v past_o tuscany_n and_o march_v to_o rome_n with_o all_o their_o force_n he_o use_v all_o diligence_n to_o come_v and_o succour_v his_o companion_n when_o he_o have_v past_o the_o appenin_n hill_n and_o be_v lodge_v near_o unto_o the_o enemy_n they_o which_o have_v retire_v to_o the_o hill_n know_v the_o consul_n come_v which_o they_o easy_o discover_v by_o the_o fire_n in_o the_o night_n they_o present_o take_v courage_n and_o send_v some_o of_o their_o man_n unarm_v unto_o he_o by_o the_o forest_n to_o let_v he_o understand_v how_o thing_n have_v past_a the_o consul_n see_v that_o all_o delay_n in_o so_o great_a a_o danger_n of_o his_o companion_n be_v prejudicial_a he_o give_v order_n to_o the_o tribune_n of_o the_o soldier_n to_o march_v at_o the_o break_n of_o day_n with_o all_o the_o foot_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n he_o take_v his_o way_n towards_o the_o hill_n with_o all_o the_o horseman_n the_o commander_n of_o 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the_o great_a part_n but_o also_o a_o comfort_n and_o assistant_n this_o trouble_n grow_v when_o as_o the_o roman_n make_v war_n against_o the_o celtiberâ—ans_n and_o the_o carthaginian_n against_o massinissa_n king_n of_o lybia_n and_o what_o time_n attaâ—us_n and_o prusias_n be_v at_o war_n in_o asia_n and_o then_o ariarate_a king_n of_o capadocia_n expel_v his_o realm_n by_o roferne_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o demetrius_n be_v soon_o after_o restore_v by_o he_o but_o demetrius_n the_o son_n of_o seleucus_n lose_v his_o realm_n and_o life_n by_o the_o conspiracy_n of_o other_o king_n conspiracy_n after_o he_o have_v hold_v syria_n twelve_o year_n and_o the_o roman_n restore_v the_o grecian_n to_o their_o city_n who_o they_o have_v charge_v to_o be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o persian_a war_n after_o they_o have_v accept_v the_o excuse_n of_o their_o innocency_n soon_o after_o they_o make_v war_n against_o the_o carthaginian_n for_o the_o cause_n which_o we_o will_v specify_v so_o as_o 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