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A67248 The Greek and Roman history illustrated by coins & medals representing their religions, rites, manners, customs, games, feasts, arts and sciences : together with a succint account of their emperors, consuls, cities, colonies and families, in two parts, necessary for the introduction of youth into all the useful knowledge of antiquity / by O.W. Walker, Obadiah, 1616-1699. 1692 (1692) Wing W397; ESTC R991 180,848 486

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of_o antiochus_n king_n of_o comagenae_fw-la and_o wife_n of_o alexander_n son_n of_o tigranes_n make_v king_n of_o armenia_n by_o nero._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d  _fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o macedon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o macedon_n rare_a his_o head_n ℞_o jupiter_n thunder_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o caria_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d queen_n of_o egypt_n rare_a in_o gold_n rare_a with_o m._n antony_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o cnossians_n  _fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o great_a common_a his_o head_n ℞_o a_o stag._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rare_a cesarion_n rare_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d very_o rare_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d probable_o 〈◊〉_d daughter_n of_o ptolomaeus_n philometor_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o caria_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o macedonia_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o macedonia_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d  _fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o bythinia_n common_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o epire_n and_o macedonia_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o macedon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o syria_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o macedon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o syria_n ptolemaeus_n king_n of_o egypt_n very_o common_a not_o know_v of_o which_o the_o ordinary_a head_n be_v jupiter_n not_o ptolemy_n '_o s_z ℞_o a_o eagle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d  _fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d  _fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o egypt_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o macedonia_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o very_o rare_a seguin_n have_v set_v out_o one_o with_o the_o head_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o berenice_n on_o one_o side_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d on_o the_o other_o ptol._n philadelph_n arsinoe_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o armenia_n rare_a  _fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o syria_n very_o rare_a sir_n j._n marsham_n have_v one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d not_o very_o rare_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o pergamus_n in_o silver_n not_o rare_a a_o eunuch_n lysimachus_z seize_v upon_o his_o treasure_n and_o the_o city_n pergamus_n and_o begin_v the_o monarchy_n of_o pergamus_n or_o the_o atta●…ci_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d  _fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d  _fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d  _fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o syria_n coin_n be_v common_o of_o a_o drachma_n the_o other_o fillip_v more_o common_o didrachme_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o macedon_n the_o last_o but_o one_o his_o  _fw-fr apud_fw-la seguinum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o barbarous_a head_n with_o a_o beard_n and_o a_o diadem_n r_o a_o young_a man_n on_o horseback_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o king_n of_o thrace_n who_o fight_v a_o sore_a and_o doubtful_a battle_n with_o lysimachus_n present_o after_o alexander_n '_o s_o death_n there_o be_v also_o though_o very_o rare_a extant_a coin_n of_o rhaemetalces_n cotys_n and_o rescuporis_n king_n of_o thracia_n probable_o also_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o pythonice_a wife_n perhaps_o of_o cotys_n ininthymenou_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o catalogue_n of_o the_o coin_n of_o the_o grecian_a commonwealth_n chief_o out_o of_o goltzius_n i_o have_v take_v in_o all_o that_o goltzius_n have_v both_o in_o his_o
pertain_v to_o religion_n though_o the_o senate_n trespass_v upon_o their_o office_n by_o make_v decree_n without_o sometime_o but_o common_o with_o their_o advice_n 1._o pontificium_fw-la 2._o augurum_fw-la 3._o x_o &_o xv_o virorum_fw-la sacris_fw-la faciundis_fw-la and_o these_o three_o be_v amplissima_fw-la or_o most_o honourable_a 4._o aruspicum_fw-la by_o those_o three_o be_v all_o matter_n of_o religion_n manage_v and_o chief_o by_o the_o pontifices_fw-la and_o augur_n who_o authority_n and_o dignity_n be_v very_o great_a insomuch_o that_o we_o see_v such_o as_o bear_v those_o office_n figure_v upon_o their_o coin_n with_o their_o ensign_n a_o patera_n urceolus_fw-la simpulum_fw-la or_o some_o such_o instrument_n of_o sacrifice_v and_o a_o lituus_fw-la for_o the_o augur_n though_o the_o lituus_fw-la be_v not_o proper_a only_o to_o they_o and_o the_o iiiviri_a r._n p._n c._n though_o they_o despise_v and_o trample_v upon_o all_o law_n sacred_a and_o civil_a yet_o retain_v these_o honour_n and_o their_o ensign_n as_o of_o great_a consequence_n to_o themselves_o §_o 2._o the_o pontifices_fw-la have_v book_n contain_v their_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n which_o they_o never_o discover_v as_o their_o pontificale_n annal_n maximos_fw-la commentarios_fw-la sacros_fw-la fastos_fw-la libros_fw-la ceremoniarum_fw-la the_o augur_n have_v their_o augurales_fw-la the_o xv-viri_a their_o fatales_fw-la fatidicos_fw-la or_o sybillinos_n commentarios_fw-la vaticine_n the_o aruspices_fw-la have_v aruspicinos_n rituales_fw-la reconditos_fw-la de_fw-la fulminibus_fw-la fulgurale_n historias_fw-la tuscas_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o pontifices_fw-la be_v the_o chief_a so_o that_o in_o process_n of_o time_n the_o name_n pontifex_n be_v common_a to_o all_o their_o priest_n so_o we_o read_v pontifex_fw-la sacrorum_fw-la caesarum_fw-la solis_fw-la volcani_fw-la aedium_fw-la sacrarum_fw-la coloniae_fw-la domus_fw-la augustae_fw-la fecialis_fw-la quinquennalis_fw-la saliorum_fw-la vestae_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o in_o case_n of_o necessity_n supply_v the_o office_n of_o all_o the_o other_o priest_n as_o of_o the_o flamen_n dialis_n in_o case_n of_o his_o sickness_n or_o if_o he_o be_v not_o augurate_v etc._n etc._n they_o also_o give_v answer_n out_o of_o the_o sibyl_n book_n concern_v prodigy_n etc._n etc._n after_o the_o death_n of_o ascanius_n his_o son_n julus_n be_v put_v by_o the_o kingdom_n by_o silvius_n son_n of_o lavinia_n and_o make_v priest_n but_o afterward_o the_o king_n be_v priest_n also_o till_o numa_n who_o first_o regulate_v these_o thing_n and_o divide_v the_o whole_a sacerdotal_a dignity_n and_o employment_n into_o three_o part_n of_o which_o the_o pontifices_fw-la be_v one_o he_o then_o elect_v to_o be_v pontifex_n max._n marcius_n m._n f._n a_o senator_n and_o commit_v to_o he_o all_o the_o ceremony_n of_o their_o religion_n write_v and_o seal_v up_o he_o join_v to_o he_o also_o three_o pontifices_fw-la patritian_n quibus_fw-la solis_fw-la magistratus_fw-la &_o sacerdotia_fw-la adipisci_fw-la licebat_fw-la quare_fw-la dicti_fw-la pontifices_fw-la a_o posse_fw-la &_o facere_fw-la say_v scaevola_n though_o varro_n derive_v the_o word_n à_fw-fr ponte_fw-la sublicio_fw-la faciendo_fw-la or_o re●…endo_fw-la and_o they_o be_v all_o patritii_n a_o great_a while_n till_o the_o common_a people_n by_o their_o sedition_n and_o unquietness_n have_v get_v tribune_n and_o then_o they_o never_o rest_v but_o first_o they_o obtain_v by_o lex_n caninia_n that_o they_o may_v marry_v with_o the_o nobility_n then_o by_o lex_n licinia_n that_o one_o of_o the_o consul_n shall_v be_v a_o plebeian_n and_o that_o part_n of_o the_o xv-viri_a sacrorum_fw-la shall_v be_v plebeian_n ogulnius_n prefer_v a_o law_n that_o 5_o augur_n and_o 4_o pontifices_fw-la shall_v be_v create_v out_o of_o the_o common_a people_n and_o add_v to_o the_o former_a number_n which_o after_o much_o contention_n be_v obtain_v yet_o the_o pontificatus_fw-la maximus_fw-la remain_v among_o the_o patritii_n till_o t._n coruncanius_n 2._o who_o be_v the_o first_o plebeian_n atilio_n regulo_fw-la cos_n that_o obtain_v it_o afterward_o it_o be_v also_o communicate_v to_o foreigner_n the_o first_o whereof_o be_v corn._n balbus_n a_o spaniard_n of_o gades_n first_o jure_fw-la quiritum_fw-la donatus_fw-la afterward_o by_o pompey_n make_v cos._n &_o pont._n max._n after_o the_o lex_fw-la ogulnia_n silvius_n the_o dictator_n again_o enlarge_v the_o college_n of_o the_o pontifices_fw-la and_o augur_n and_o after_o he_o julius_n caesar_n add_v one_o to_o every_o college_n and_o the_o senate_n upon_o occasion_n often_o add_v other_o supra_fw-la numerum_fw-la but_o after_o that_o the_o emperor_n assume_v to_o they_o the_o pontificatum_fw-la maximum_fw-la they_o neglect_v all_o former_a law_n choose_v all_o other_o priest_n though_o sometime_o in_o flattery_n the_o senate_n add_v also_o their_o decree_n as_o they_o do_v to_o augustus_n after_o m._n antony_n death_n 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where_o practise_v new_a insurrection_n he_o be_v put_v to_o death_n his_o wife_n be_v fl._n valeria_n constantia_n sister_n to_o constantine_n a_o christian_a prudent_a and_o virtuous_a endeavour_v all_o she_o can_v to_o hinder_v the_o persecution_n and_o solace_n the_o christian_n after_o licinius_n death_n her_o brother_n treat_v she_o so_o noble_o and_o honourable_o that_o she_o be_v in_o the_o same_o esteem_n with_o he_o as_o helena_n his_o mother_n have_v be_v yet_o afterward_o she_o turn_v arrian_n and_o persuade_v constantine_n to_o recall_v arrius_n who_o be_v banish_v afterward_o she_o seem_v to_o return_v catholic_n she_o have_v by_o licinius_n one_o son_n call_v licinianus_n licinius_n fl._n valer._n licinianus_n licinius_n son_n of_o licinius_n and_o constantia_n be_v bear_v a._n d._n 312._o be_v make_v caesar_n at_o twenty_o month_n old_a at_o fourteen_o year_n old_a be_v put_v to_o death_n by_o constantine_n by_o the_o practice_n of_o fausta_n to_o who_o perhaps_o 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constantine_n and_o cause_v much_o evil_n to_o the_o empire_n be_v mortalis_fw-la megaera_n and_o ruin_v her_o husband_n most_o miserable_o but_o he_o be_v call_v to_o give_v account_n of_o his_o action_n to_o constantius_n this_o constantina_n go_v before_o in_o hope_n to_o pacify_v her_o brother_n but_o die_v in_o the_o way_n of_o a_o fever_n she_o seem_v not_o to_o have_v be_v that_o constantina_n that_o build_v the_o church_n of_o st._n agnes_n at_o rome_n and_o wherein_o herself_o with_o her_o aunt_n constantia_n be_v baptise_a chap._n xxv_o of_o fl._n valer._n constantinus_n magnus_n fl._n jul._n crispus_n fl._n jul._n constantius_n fl._n claud._n constantinus_n fl._n jul._n constans_n flavius_n popilius_n nepotianus_n constantinus_n vetranio_n magnentius_n magnus_n decentius_n fl._n jul._n gallus_n silvanus_n 1._o fl._n valer._n constantinus_n the_o only_a son_n of_o constantius_n and_o helena_n be_v bear_v at_o naissus_n in_o dardania_n as_o other_o in_o dacia_n as_o other_o in_o thrace_n a._n d._n 272._o reign_v one_o and_o thirty_o year_n ten_o month_n and_o die_v of_o a_o natural_a death_n anno_fw-la aet_fw-la 65._o and_o some_o month_n he_o be_v magnus_n and_o maximus_n because_o of_o his_o very_a great_a dignity_n and_o power_n nothing_o lay_v to_o his_o charge_n but_o that_o he_o be_v too_o severe_a especial_o towards_o those_o of_o his_o own_o family_n have_v put_v to_o death_n his_o son_n crispus_n though_o for_o a_o pretext_n he_o serve_v himself_o of_o the_o accusation_n of_o his_o wife_n maxim_n fausta_n probable_o for_o fear_n lest_o he_o shall_v have_v prove_v too_o great_a for_o he_o have_v obtain_v many_o great_a victory_n and_o be_v much_o honour_v by_o all_o men._n so_o that_o constantine_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v too_o ambitious_a and_o covetous_a of_o honour_n jealous_a of_o his_o state_n and_o dignity_n and_o bloody_a sometime_o in_o his_o humour_n especial_o in_o his_o decline_a age._n he_o be_v also_o too_o negligent_a in_o his_o expense_n and_o not_o sufficient_o capable_a to_o prefer_v person_n of_o best_a worth_n to_o public_a charge_n
though_o cruel_a to_o his_o own_o relation_n and_o family_n put_v licinius_n to_o death_n poison_v crispus_n stifle_v fausta_n his_o wife_n in_o a_o bath_n yet_o be_v he_o not_o at_o all_o cruel_a in_o his_o own_o nature_n abolish_n that_o cruel_a manner_n of_o death_n crucify_a not_o take_v revenge_n of_o the_o egyptian_n for_o deface_v his_o statue_n herculi_fw-la conservatori_fw-la caes._n hercules_n strangle_v the_o lyon_n hercules_n represent_v young_a intimate_v constantine_n himself_o who_o whilst_o hostage_n in_o the_o court_n of_o galerius_n be_v by_o he_o put_v to_o combat_n a_o lion_n which_o he_o overcome_v and_o slay_v jovi_fw-la conservatori_fw-la augg._n he_o seem_v to_o mean_v diocletian_a and_o by_o augg._n constantine_n and_o licinius_n marti_fw-la conservatori_fw-la mars_n resemble_v like_o constantine_n mars_n also_o be_v bear_v in_o thrace_n constantine_n also_o in_o his_o youth_n be_v call_v thracala_n thracula_n praestantissimus_fw-la the_o most_o excellent_a 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