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2._o horace_n homer_n de_fw-fr morte_fw-la elianus_n libre_fw-la 5._o in_o vita_fw-la platonis_fw-la eli._n lib._n 7._o eli_n lib._n 9_o croesus_n solon_n dictum_fw-la platonis_fw-la amasius_fw-la king_n of_o judea_n m._n antonius_n in_o gesta_fw-la romano_n &_o livius_n lib._n 5._o proverbium_fw-la caesar_n in_o comment_n the_o english_a chronicle_n cicero_n in_o offi_n mors_fw-la caesaris_fw-la distum_fw-la catonis_fw-la alexander_n magnus_fw-la ut_fw-la plutarch_n scripsit_fw-la democrite_n ita_fw-la dixit_fw-la justinus_n in_o lib._n 12._o diodorus_n siculus_n in_o lib_n 8._o eli._n lib._n 10._o diodorus_n siculus_n de_fw-fr morte_fw-la alexand_n carmina_fw-la ennij_fw-la justinus_n lib._n 1._o digressio_fw-la plu._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la cyri._fw-la actum_fw-la terribile_fw-la ad_fw-la causam_fw-la mors_fw-la cyri._fw-la dictum_fw-la thomiris_n pompeius_n magnus_fw-la ut_fw-la livius_fw-la scripsit_fw-la li._n 3._o mors_fw-la pom._n mar._n cato_n 〈◊〉_d foe_n 215._o bias_n prienaeus_fw-la ehanus_fw-la l._n 6._o dictum_fw-la agesilai_n dictum_fw-la anthe_n sextus_n aurelius_n so_o 54_o livius_fw-la lib._n 2_o ouidius_fw-la de_fw-la tristibus_fw-la eli._n lib._n 4._o plutarch_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la craesi_fw-la plut._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la alex._n dictum_fw-la anaxarchi_n plu_fw-fr de_fw-fr vita_fw-la agrippae_fw-la dictum_fw-la agrippae_fw-la &_o mors_fw-la eius_fw-la eli._n lib_n 4._o epist._n menecratis_n &_o responsio_fw-la philippi_n eli._n lib._n 7._o herod_n actum_fw-la herostrati_fw-la de_fw-fr ebrietaâ—e_fw-fr sextus_n aurelius_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la bonosij_fw-la aur._n de_fw-fr tiberio_n dictum_fw-la philippi_n eli._n lib._n 3._o ebrietas_fw-la alexandri_fw-la justin._n li._n 12_o alex._n se_fw-la valdè_fw-la penitet_fw-la justin._n l._n 15._o actum_fw-la horribile_fw-la aphthoni_fw-it we_o de_fw-fr castigatione_n ebriorum_fw-la seneca_n diodorus_n siculus_n fol._n 253_o justin._n li._n 14_o plu._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la neronia_n aurelius_n fol._n 153._o ut_fw-la ait_fw-la cicero_n pro_fw-la roscio_n amerino_fw-la pena_n parricidij_fw-la vetus_fw-la proverbium_fw-la eli._n li._n 6._o laer._n f._n 586._o plu._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la mausoli_n aristotle_n iwenal_n plu._n in_o vita_fw-la demetrij_fw-la polib_n li._n 10_o aurel._n li._n 7._o eli._n li._n 6._o laer._n li._n 6._o plu_fw-fr devita_fw-la hipp._n aureli._n li._n 7._o plu._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la diomed._n plu._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la phale_n mors_fw-la phalaris_n aurelius_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la &_o moribus_fw-la imperatorum_fw-la dictum_fw-la ciceronis_fw-la valer._n li_n &_o livius_n in_o prelatione_fw-la belloium_fw-la punicorum_fw-la plu._n devita_fw-la codri_n diogenes_n laer._n li._n 4_o plu._n in_o vita_fw-la darij_fw-la li._n in_o bello_fw-la punico_fw-la q_o curtius_n foe_n 280._o justin._n li._n 15_o plu._n de_fw-fr themistocle_n valer._n li._n 9_o livi._n li._n 3._o polib_n in_o bello_fw-la roma_fw-it norum_fw-la contra_fw-la carthaginenses_n hesiodus_n parmenides_n euripides_n ovid_n de_fw-fr amore_n quidius_fw-la de_fw-la meta._n homerus_fw-la lacon_n plu._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la semiramis_n et_fw-fr iust._n â—lu_fw-fr de_fw-fr vita_fw-la candauli_n eli._n li._n 10._o justin._n li._n 1._o salustius_n libro_fw-la 2._o liu._n li._n 5._o polib_n li._n 6._o iust._n li._n 1._o valer._n f._n 345_o eli._n lib._n 5._o responsio_fw-la dionysij_n pol._n li._n 7._o poli._n lib_n 5._o semâ—ronius_n q_o fabius_n dictys_n cretensis_n lib._n 3._o &_o dare_v phrigius_n li._n 1._o pol._n lib._n 2._o diodorus_n siculus_n libro_fw-la 7_o pol._n lib._n 2._o responsio_fw-la hannibalis_n antiocho_n justinus_n libro_fw-la 10._o ordines_fw-la quoque_fw-la nemo_fw-la nisi_fw-la sexagenarius_fw-la duxit_fw-la diodorus_n resert_n sic_fw-la quintus_fw-la curtius_n scribit_fw-la justin._n lib._n 2_o plu._n de_fw-fr antiocho_n laertius_n lib._n 7._o plus_fw-fr menti_fw-la quam_fw-la mentis_fw-la poli._n lib._n 6._o furti_fw-la poena_fw-la in_o castris_fw-la roman_n liu_o li_n 7._o &_o val._n li._n 3_o cicero_n in_o offic._n cicero_n de_fw-fr senectute_n val._n li._n 5._o poll._n li._n 7._o ut_fw-la diodorus_n resert_n poli._n lib._n 8_o 8_o falernia_n stratagema_fw-la contra_fw-la romanos_fw-la stratagema_fw-la hannibalis_n in_o fabi._n strategem_fw-la contra_fw-la ap._n poli._n justin._n li._n â—_o plu._n the_o 〈◊〉_d agesi_fw-la valer._n sol_o 257._o dictum_fw-la philippi_n ut_fw-la diodorus_n relert_fw-la determinatio_fw-la alexandriâ—_n mors_fw-la meleag_n discordia_fw-la inter_fw-la successores_fw-la alexandri_fw-la mors_fw-la perd._n mors_fw-la philippi_n &_o euridicae_n uxor_fw-la eius_fw-la craterus_n ce_fw-fr ciditur_fw-la ab_fw-la eumene_n mors_fw-la quoque_fw-la eume._n mors_fw-la anti._n interitus_fw-la alex._n mors_fw-la demetriâ—_n mors_fw-la lysima_fw-la ut_fw-la lustinus_fw-la scribit_fw-la mors_fw-la quoque_fw-la seleuchi_fw-la factum_fw-la terribile_fw-la lamentabile_fw-la actum_fw-la discordia_fw-la inter_fw-la fratres_fw-la interitus_fw-la o_fw-la lympij_fw-la mater_fw-la alex._n extinctus_fw-la universales_fw-la successores_fw-la alex._n dictum_fw-la hannibalis_n ut_fw-la pol._n refert_fw-la submissio_fw-la paeni_fw-la poli_fw-fr 14._o sic_fw-la scribit_fw-la poli._n ut_fw-la dictys_n cretâ—nsis_fw-la affirmat_fw-la sic_fw-la dares_n phrigius_n recordat_fw-la l._n 1_o he_o graij_fw-la ca_fw-mi do_fw-la ab_fw-la hectore_fw-la interitus_fw-la agamemnonis_fw-la occasione_n bell_n troianorun_n mors_fw-la achylli_n pyrrhus_n occiditur_fw-la per_fw-la eadem_fw-la causam_fw-la testis_fw-la dyctis_fw-la li._n 6._o mors_fw-la vlissi_n ut_fw-la scribit_fw-la dares_n in_fw-la reditu_fw-la grecorum_fw-la mors_fw-la palame_fw-gr dictis_n cretensis_n sic_fw-la dares_n phrigeus_fw-la autumat_fw-la vide_fw-la tertellum_fw-la vide_fw-la gel._n lib_n 7._o ut_fw-la dictum_fw-la cornelio_n nepote_fw-la interpret_v fol._n 149._o hercules_n be_v also_o call_v heracles_n dare_v phri_n sic_fw-la resert_n libido_fw-la paridis_n 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