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treasure_n 1019.d_o his_o young_a daughter_n espouse_v to_o tiberius_n gracchus_n 1021.l_o he_o be_v award_v to_o prison_n ibid._n release_v 1022.l_o his_o good_n confiscate_v ib._n p._n scipio_n nasica_n plead_v in_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o house_n and_o family_n of_o the_o cornelij_n 1022_o b_o cneus_fw-la scipio_n wound_v before_o munda_n 538_o b_o p._n scipio_n affricanus_fw-la choose_v aedile_n 546_o g_o his_o fair_a language_n and_o demcanour_n 681._o d._n he_o besiege_v illiturgum_n 682_o h_o p._n cornelius_n scipio_n slay_v 574_o k_o his_o brother_n cneus_fw-la slay_v 576_o h_o p._n scipio_n affricanus_fw-la choose_v lord_n deputy_n of_o spain_n 597.f_o sick_a 685.f_o his_o oration_n to_o his_o mutinous_a and_o rebellious_a soldier_n 688.l_o he_o execute_v the_o cheefetaine_n of_o that_o rebellion_n 691_o e_o his_o oration_n to_o his_o soldier_n in_o his_o expedition_n against_o the_o ilergetes_n 697_o b_o he_o return_v to_o rome_n ib._n his_o disposition_n and_o quality_n 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370_o l_o scipio_n afr._n his_o voyage_n into_o africa_n 729_o c_o his_o prayer_n when_o he_o take_v sea_n for_o africa_n ibid._n f_o scipio_n answer_n to_o annibals_n oration_n 761.f_o he_o return_v with_o glory_n to_o rome_n 772_o k_o his_o triumph_n ibid._n surname_v africanus_fw-la 772.l_o his_o stratagem_n in_o fire_v the_o winter_v harbour_n of_o syphax_n and_o asdrubal_n 741._o d._n his_o private_a conference_n with_o masanissa_n 749.d_o be_v impose_v condition_n of_o peace_n to_o the_o carthaginian_n 751_o b_o his_o answer_n to_o zeusis_n 971_o b._n p._n scipio_n africanus_n die_v at_o liternun_n 1018_o i_o he_o will_v not_o be_v inter_v at_o rome_n ibid._n ay_o his_o commendation_n ibid._n scodra_n the_o site_n thereof_o 1190_o g_o scorpion_n 553_o a_o sella_n curulis_fw-la 7_o e_z pub._n sempronius_n his_o oration_n against_o appius_n claudius_n 338_o h_o sempronius_n blesus_n accuse_v cn._n fulvius_n 583_o e_o he_o stay_v 940_o m_o sempronia_n basilica_n 1181_o a_o p._n sempronius_n his_o commendable_a part_n 749_o g_o c._n sempronius_n tuditanus_n slay_v in_o spain_n 839_o c_o c._n sempronius_n atratinus_n the_o consul_n accuse_v by_o julius_n the_o tribune_n 164_o m_o belove_a of_o his_o soldier_n 166_o h_o condemn_v and_o fine_v ibid._n sempronius_z the_o consul_n overbold_a and_o proud_a of_o his_o good_a fortune_n 423_o a_o sempronius_n tuditanus_n his_o valour_n 463_o c_o senate_n erect_v 7_o e_z supply_v by_o patres_fw-la minorum_fw-la gentium_fw-la 26_o l_o supply_v by_o fabius_n butco_n 489_o f_o senator_n as_o of_o rome_n behold_v the_o game_n and_o play_n apart_o from_o other_o 878_o l_o c._n servilius_n hala_n kill_v spu._n melius_n 149_o d_o q._n servilius_n abala_n dictatour_n defeit_v the_o gaul_n &_o tiburtine_n 256_o i_o servius_n tullius_n his_o head_n on_o a_o light_a fire_n 28_o i_o he_o take_v upon_o he_o the_o crown_n 30_o g_o he_o be_v kill_v by_o tarqvinius_n superbus_n 34_o i_o sextilia_n a_o nun_n bury_v quick_a 389_o e_fw-la 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roman_n 876_o g_o the_o woeful_a spectacle_n of_o the_o roman_n overthrow_n at_o cannae_n 464_o g_o temple_n of_o spes_n 428_o l_o spike_n or_o nail_n drive_v in_o regard_n of_o witchcraft_n 294_o b_o stage-play_n first_o devise_v at_o rome_n 250_o i_o statute_n make_v by_o soldier_n in_o camp_n 219_o a_o stratagem_n of_o tarqvinius_n priscus_n 27_o d_o stratagem_n of_o quintius_n 86_o k_o stratagem_n of_o c._n sulpitius_n dictatour_n 258._o m._n his_o victory_n triumph_n and_o gold_n consecrate_v 259_o d_o stratagem_n of_o the_o faliscians_n and_o tarquinian_n 260_o k_o a_o street_n way_n from_o bononia_n to_o arctium_fw-la make_v by_o c._n flaminius_n call_v flaminia_n 1024._o i._n another_o from_o placentia_n to_o aretium_n make_v by_o m._n aemilius_n ibid._n k_o street_n first_o pave_v in_o rome_n 1103_o e_o sublician_n bridge_n make_v over_o tiber._n 25_o b_o pub._n sulpitius_n the_o consul_n oration_n to_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n 776_o k_o sumamus_fw-la 827_o c_o 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