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8._o wonder_n the_o misery_n of_o the_o jew_n euilmerodach_n the_o captivity_n of_o babylon_n the_o chaldean_n and_o the_o assyrian_n the_o mede_n and_o persian_n the_o macedonian_n and_o grecian_n the_o four_o beast_n the_o roman_n 〈◊〉_d week_n the_o king_n of_o juda_n and_o the_o king_n of_o rome_n end_v almost_o about_o one_o time_n the_o first_o return_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o cyrus_n time_n joseph_n lib._n 7._o cap._n 3._o ecbatana_n the_o chief_a city_n of_o the_o mede_n esdras_n cap._n 6._o zorobabel_n melancthon_n lib._n 2._o chron._n hircanus_n 2._o the_o last_o of_o 15._o governor_n herodot_n lib._n 4._o cambyses_n go_v against_o the_o getes_n herodot_n 6._o thucydides_n 1_o justin._n lib._n 2._o joseph_n lib._n 11._o cap._n 7._o alexander_n the_o great_a tribute_n to_o alexander_n the_o solemn_a receive_n of_o alexander_n the_o great_a unto_o jerusalem_n the_o reverence_n of_o alexander_n to_o the_o high_a priest_n the_o benefit_n and_o good_a turn_n of_o alexander_n alexander_n benefit_n the_o succession_n of_o
be_v write_v in_o liâ—…i_n lib._n 1._o eutrop._n lib._n 1._o halicar_n lib._n 3._o horatius_n curiatius_n alba_n long_fw-mi destroy_v oros._n 2_o lib._n eutrop._n lib._n 1._o halicar_n lib._n 3._o zaleucus_n histor_n rare_a justice_n two_o quaestor_n by_o tullus_n hostilius_n appoint_v two_o censor_n by_o ser._n tullius_n pomp._n laetus_n lustrum_fw-la the_o justice_n of_o the_o censor_n fenestella_n de_fw-mi make_fw-mi rom._n beroaldus_n lib._n 1._o the_o olympiad_n continue_v until_o constantine_n the_o great_a ancus_n martius_n the_o four_o king_n of_o rome_n numas_fw-la law_n in_o table_n halicar_n lib._n 3._o all_o this_o history_n be_v read_v in_o livi_fw-la lib._n 1._o oros._n lib._n 2._o mount_v aventine_n join_v â—…o_o rome_n a_o bridge_n make_v by_o ancus_n martius_n over_o the_o river_n tiber._n ancus_n die_v a_o king_n tarqvinius_n priscus_n the_o five_o king_n of_o rome_n error_n in_o the_o olympiad_n what_o king_n reign_v this_o time_n in_o other_o country_n priscus_n a_o old_a soldier_n of_o anc._n martius_n priscus_n make_v prince_n of_o hetruria_n mean_v make_v to_o priscus_n for_o peace_n lucumone_n old_a magistrate_n among_o the_o hetruscan_o priscus_n sceptre_n of_o ivory_n divination_n by_o a_o egle._n ser._n tullius_n general_a under_o priscus_n the_o great_a benefit_n of_o priscus_n to_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n the_o first_o triumph_n with_o chariot_n priscus_n slay_v servius_n tullus_n the_o 6._o king_n of_o rome_n livi._n decad_a 1._o cicero_n 3._o de_fw-fr divina_fw-la halicar_n lib._n 3._o the_o error_n of_o fabius_n pictor_n ser._n tullius_n the_o sixth_o king_n of_o rome_n â—…trop_n lib._n 1._o the_o first_o muster_n of_o rome_n halicar_n lib._n 4._o servius_n tullus_n slay_v by_o his_o daughter_n lu._n tarq_n superbus_fw-la the_o last_o king_n habâ—…ar_n lib._n 4._o herodot_n lib._n 1._o lu._n tarq._n super_fw-la and_o the_o last_o king_n halicar_n lib._n 4._o oct._n mamilius_n the_o difference_n of_o two_o brethren_n marry_v two_o sister_n of_o contrary_a disposition_n tarqui_fw-la wife_n a_o virtuous_a lady_n livi._n lib._n 4._o dionys._n halic_fw-mi lib._n 4._o tarqui_fw-la depose_v from_o his_o kingdom_n rape_n the_o cause_n of_o put_v down_o king_n in_o rome_n tarqui_fw-la depose_v from_o his_o kingdom_n eutrop._n lib._n 1._o rome_n gate_n shut_v against_o tarqui_n read_v plut._n in_o publ._n read_v the_o 4._o bâ—…oke_n of_o hali._n of_o the_o two_o last_o king_n of_o ser._n tullius_n and_o tarqui_n super_fw-la all_o italy_n be_v inhabit_v long_o before_o rome_n be_v build_v the_o persian_n conquer_v egypt_n at_o what_o time_n the_o roman_n banish_v their_o king_n herodot_n lib._n 5._o consul_n reign_v in_o rome_n 464._o year_n eutrop._n lib._n 1._o dionys._n lib._n 5._o brutus_n slay_v m._n horat._n pul._n make_v consul_n livi._n lib._n 2._o valerius_n publi_fw-la his_o rite_n and_o law_n the_o victory_n of_o publicola_n public_a four_o time_n consul_n plutarch_n in_o publ._n cloelia_n valeria_n appius_n claudius_n a_o new_a office_n in_o rome_n call_v dictator_n no_o appeal_n from_o the_o dictator_n tribuni_fw-la miletum_n appoint_v in_o rome_n eutrop._n lib._n 1._o corolianus_fw-la his_o due_a praise_n coriolanus_z banish_v coriolanus_z stomach_n against_o rome_n livi_fw-la say_v that_o volumnia_n be_v his_o wife_n and_o votaria_n his_o mother_n coriola_n slay_v in_o the_o city_n antium_n halicar_n lib._n 4._o 300._o fabian_n slay_v t._n livi._n lib._n 2._o 306._o fabian_n slay_v oros._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 5_o camillus_n revenge_v the_o fabian_n magistrate_n of_o rome_n herodot_n lib._n 7._o the_o two_o war_n in_o thermopila_n and_o in_o artimesia_n cimon_n a_o noble_a captain_n q._n cicinatus_n decemuiri_fw-la create_v eutrop._n lib._n 1._o decemuiri_fw-la deprive_v dionys._n halic_fw-mi lib._n 10._o decemuiri_fw-la count_v ten_o tarquin_n the_o name_n of_o the_o decenuiri_fw-la fidena_n veiena_fw-la the_o french_a man_n invade_v rome_n t._n livi._n lib._n 5._o goose_n save_v the_o capitol_n from_o the_o gaul_n florus_n lib_n 1._o rome_n take_v by_o the_o gaul_n camillus_n restore_v rome_n be_v banish_v from_o rome_n camillus_n rescue_v the_o roman_n from_o the_o frenchman_n and_o save_v rome_n the_o office_n of_o camillus_n halicar_n lib._n 10._o 11._o livi_fw-la lib._n 3._o 4._o tribuni_fw-la militum_fw-la create_v the_o office_n of_o consulship_n put_v off_o dionys._n 6._o lib._n 2._o val._n cap._n 9_o dionys._n 10._o livi._n 3_o the_o three_o sedition_n in_o rome_n lib._n lib._n 4._o adolescentia_fw-la romae_fw-la thucydides_n lib._n 1._o livi._n lib._n 4._o the_o original_n of_o the_o french_a man_n camillus_n die_v oro._n lib._n 3._o cap_n 6._o a_o surname_n t._n livi._n lib._n 7._o val._n max._n cap._n 16._o lib._n 8._o m._n valerius_n surname_v coruinus_fw-la c._n martius_n his_o triumph_n over_o the_o thuscanes_n the_o praise_n of_o the_o old_a roman_n the_o discipline_n of_o the_o old_a roman_n statue_n and_o image_n of_o this_o war_n writ_n livi_fw-la lib._n 9_o and_o oros._n â—…ib_n 3._o cap._n 21._o &_o 22._o fabius_n max._n the_o severity_n of_o the_o roman_n in_o military_a discipline_n tit._n livi._n lib._n 9_o to_o creep_v under_o â—…he_a yoke_n a_o great_a reproach_n eutrop._n lib._n 2._o livi._n lib._n 9_o the_o samnite_n quite_o vanquish_v pyrrhus_n come_v to_o aid_v the_o tarentines_n hanibal_n say_v of_o pyrrhus_n pyrrhus_n victory_n of_o levinius_n the_o consul_n eutrop._n lib._n 2._o eus._n â—…ib_o temp_n plutarch_n in_o vita_fw-la pyrrhi_n plutarch_n in_o vita_fw-la pyrrhi_n livius_fw-la lib._n 7._o the_o roman_n victory_n over_o pyrrhus_n eutrop._n lib._n 2._o cineas_n say_v of_o rome_n read_v polibeus_n of_o this_o war_n lib._n 2._o pyrrhus_n army_n slay_v florus_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 18._o val._n max._n cap._n 12._o read_v plutar._n in_o pyrrho_n pyrrhus_n drive_v out_o of_o italy_n flâ—…_n lib._n 15._o oros._n 4._o cap._n 6._o who_o flourish_v this_o time_n in_o other_o country_n artaxerxes_n mnemon_n philip._n the_o egyptian_n revolt_v from_o the_o persian_n alexander_n the_o great_a the_o greatness_n of_o the_o empire_n of_o macedonia_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o alexander_n the_o great_a 300000._o citizen_n muster_v in_o rome_n before_o the_o first_o war_n of_o africa_n polybius_n lib._n 1._o the_o first_o african_n war_n eutrop._n lib._n 2._o hamilcar_n the_o general_a of_o the_o carthaginian_n discomfit_v by_o regulus_n the_o noble_a victory_n of_o attibus_fw-la regulus_n halicar_n lib._n 1._o the_o great_a over_o throw_n of_o the_o roman_n florus_n 2._o cap._n 2._o eutrop._n lib._n 2._o aemilius_z victory_n great_a shipwreck_n of_o the_o roman_n oros._n lib_n 4._o cap_n 10._o c._n luctatius_n and_o aulus_n posthumus_n consul_n victory_n these_o captain_n flourish_v in_o rome_n in_o the_o first_o punic_a war_n all_o the_o king_n of_o parthia_n be_v name_v arsaces_n the_o name_n of_o rome_n be_v not_o hear_v of_o out_o of_o italy_n in_o the_o time_n of_o alexander_n the_o great_a certain_a noble_a roman_n compare_v to_o alexander_n the_o great_a for_o their_o worthiness_n and_o valour_n t._n livius_n praise_n of_o the_o roman_n lib._n 9_o pyrrhus_n say_v of_o rome_n hanibal_n word_n of_o rome_n eutrop._n lib._n 3._o virodomarus_n slay_v plutarch_n in_o marcel_n the_o roman_a ambassador_n slay_v by_o tenca_n ticium_fw-la polibeus_n lib._n 3._o flaminius_z the_o consul_n slay_v by_o hannibal_n eutrop._n lib._n 3._o livi._n lib._n 22._o florus_n lib._n 2._o the_o most_o part_n of_o italy_n revolt_v from_o the_o roman_n the_o victory_n of_o both_o scipio_n in_o spain_n over_o asdrubal_n and_o mago_n cunctando_fw-la reâ—…_n restituit_fw-la fabius_n the_o target_n of_o rome_n marcellus_n be_v the_o sword_n of_o rome_n pub._n scipio_n cneus_fw-la scipio_n hannibal_n droop_v tarentum_n recover_v by_o fabius_n max._n pub._n scipio_n the_o consul_n marcellus_n slay_v asdrubal_n which_o be_v hanibal_n brother_n slay_v scipio_n take_v syphax_n king_n of_o numidia_n all_o writer_n make_v mention_n of_o this_o second_o punic_a war_n hannibal_n and_o scipio_n talk_v together_o condition_n of_o peace_n to_o the_o african_n yearly_o revenue_n out_o of_o africa_n to_o the_o roman_n these_o triumph_v with_o great_a pomp_n in_o rome_n save_v few_o of_o they_o that_o be_v slay_v in_o these_o war_n the_o fame_n of_o the_o roman_n after_o the_o overthrow_n of_o hannibal_n hannibal_n the_o whip_n of_o rome_n consul_n of_o rome_n war_n against_o the_o macedonian_n flaminius_n send_v to_o greece_n condition_n of_o peace_n grant_v to_o king_n philip._n val._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 5._o liberty_n proclaim_v in_o greece_n the_o war_n of_o syria_n by_o anticchus_n the_o great_a the_o victory_n of_o lu._n scipio_n eumenes_n nabide_v submit_v he_o to_o flaminius_n antiochus_n seek_v peace_n plinij_fw-la lib._n 33._o cap._n 11._o scipio_n surname_v asiaticus_n the_o word_n of_o scipio_n of_o his_o country_n perseus_n the_o last_o king_n of_o macedon_n take_v emilius_n his_o triumph_n over_o perseus_n c_o anitius_n triumph_v over_o gentius_n king_n of_o the_o illyrian_n the_o roman_n have_v
be_v all_o martyr_a in_o persia_n under_o king_n sapores_fw-la the_o emperor_n constan._n write_v to_o sapores_fw-la king_n of_o persia_n in_o favour_n of_o the_o christian_n melanct._n lib._n 1._o baetica_n now_o call_v andolosia_n the_o roman_n make_v but_o two_o province_n of_o hispaine_n read_v of_o hispaine_n strabo_n lib._n 2._o &_o 3_o pomp._n mela_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 6._o livi_fw-la lib._n 2._o all_o writer_n be_v to_o hold_v by_o moses_n controversy_n contention_n among_o historian_n from_o whence_o come_v the_o people_n after_o the_o flood_n to_o seek_v dwelling_n the_o time_n of_o tubal_n come_v to_o hispaine_n celtiberia_n call_v now_o byskaâ—…_n the_o simplicity_n of_o the_o first_o king_n not_o only_o of_o hispaine_n but_o every_o where_n berosus_n in_o nino_n annius_n de_fw-fr reg_fw-la hispaniae_fw-la tubal_n die_v conjecture_n in_o old_a antiquity_n allow_v berosus_n sabatius_n saga_fw-la the_o monument_n of_o isisâ—…n_n â—…n_z egypt_n manethon_n de_fw-fr reg_fw-la hispanâ—…e_n noah_n die_v in_o jubaldas_n time_n the_o town_n of_o babylon_n noth_z die_v after_o he_o have_v see_v in_o the_o world_n more_o misery_n than_o any_o man_n for_o that_o he_o see_v before_o the_o flood_n and_o after_o the_o idolatry_n of_o the_o people_n genesis_n 12._o pentapolis_n five_o city_n destroy_v stagnum_n asphaltidis_n brigus_n the_o 4._o king_n the_o numidian_n will_v be_v call_v hyarbae_fw-la drius_n druyde_n priest_n the_o simplicity_n of_o the_o first_o age_n after_o the_o flood_n aureum_fw-la seculum_fw-la consent_v of_o time_n the_o touchstone_n of_o truth_n genesis_n 22._o a_o temple_n build_v and_o dedicate_v to_o janus_n tagus_n the_o five_o king_n the_o old_a king_n of_o hispaine_n be_v set_v down_o by_o manethon_n as_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n be_v by_o berosus_n abraham_n die_v belus_n the_o sixth_o king_n sem_fw-mi live_v 600._o year_n plato_n in_o timâ—…o_n herodot_n lib._n 2._o and_o 3._o deabus_fw-la find_v the_o first_o mine_n of_o gold_n mena_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v osiris_n which_o moses_n call_v mizraim_n and_o who_o berosus_n call_v oceanus_n triphon_n anteus_n geryon_n &_o busiris_n sound_a tyrant_n annius_n de_fw-fr regibus_fw-la hispaniâ—…_n med_n call_v god_n the_o king_n of_o celtiberia_n be_v call_v king_n of_o hispaine_n about_o that_o time_n that_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n be_v call_v pharaones_fw-la nothing_o among_o the_o old_a king_n of_o assyria_n and_o of_o hispaine_n worth_n the_o write_n manethon_n will_v fain_o have_v have_v cause_n to_o write_v of_o old_a hispaine_n the_o 17._o dynasteia_n of_o egypt_n which_o endure_v 103._o year_n lomuini_fw-la from_o this_o hispanus_n the_o country_n of_o hispaine_n be_v name_v narbon_n annius_n de_fw-fr reg_fw-la hisp._n kittim_n atlas_n manethon_n de_fw-fr reg_fw-la hispaniae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sicanus_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o spain_n siceleus_n hermes_n trismegistus_n lusius_n 17._o king_n of_o hispaine_n the_o only_a use_n of_o this_o history_n be_v for_o consent_n of_o time_n 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o â—…ria_fw-la and_o the_o â—…nges_n of_o hispaine_n govern_v about_o one_o time_n faunus_n priscus_n romus_n 20._o king_n manethon_n do_v write_v more_o of_o these_o historâ—…es_n palatinus_n cacus_n find_v first_o the_o use_n of_o iron_n manethon_n de_fw-fr reg_fw-la hispan_n erythrus_n 23._o king_n of_o hispaine_n aborigenes_n gargorus_fw-la mellicola_n the_o last_o king_n of_o hispaine_n halicar_n lib._n 1._o the_o king_n of_o hispaine_n end_v their_o monarchy_n about_o the_o time_n that_o the_o greciaus_n destroy_v troy_n hispaine_n divide_v into_o province_n after_o the_o reign_n of_o 24._o king_n joseph_n lib._n 2._o cont_n apio_fw-la strab._n lib._n 3._o strab._n lib._n 3._o turdetani_n be_v wise_a man_n of_o hispaine_n the_o oracle_n of_o mnestheus_n the_o commodity_n of_o hispaine_n not_o well_o know_v before_o the_o roman_n time_n mine_n find_v by_o the_o roman_n in_o hispaine_n the_o avarice_n of_o the_o roman_n hispaine_n be_v govern_v 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