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wicked_a attempt_n on_o the_o daughter_n of_o virginius_n 44._o he_o kills_z himself_z 56._o app._n claudius_n crassus_n a_o tribune_n military_a his_o speech_n against_o the_o tribune_n of_o the_o commons_o vi_fw-mi 40._o he_o continue_v his_o censorship_n beyond_o the_o time_n and_o the_o speech_n thereupon_o ix_o 33_o 34._o make_v a_o speech_n against_o a_o peace_n with_o pyrrhus_n xiii_o 32._o transport_v a_o army_n into_o sicily_n and_o beat_v hiero_n xuj_o 34._o claudia_n quintia_n her_o suspect_a chastity_n vindicate_v by_o miracle_n xxix_o 14._o claudius_n asellus_n his_o duel_n with_o jubellius_n xxiii_o 47._o claudius_n nero_n wheadle_v by_o asdrubal_n in_o spain_n xxvi_o 17._o be_v create_v consul_n with_o m._n livius_n xxvii_o 37._o come_v up_o with_o annibal_n near_o venusia_n leave_v his_o camp_n there_o and_o unknown_a to_o annibal_n with_o the_o flower_n of_o his_o army_n hasten_v to_o asdrubal_n 42_o 43._o his_o speech_n to_o his_o soldier_n touch_v this_o design_n 45._o have_v conquer_v asdrubal_n he_o return_v the_o six_o day_n to_o annibal_n and_o cause_n hasdrubal_n head_n to_o be_v present_v to_o he_o 50_o 51._o c._n claudius_n marcellus_n rout_v hanno_n and_o epicydes_n twenty-five_o 40._o his_o answer_n to_o the_o sicilian_n complaint_n xxvi_o 30._o be_v accuse_v by_o c._n publ._n bibulus_n but_o acquit_v and_o make_v consul_n xxvii_o 20_o 21._o enter_v upon_o his_o five_o consulship_n 22._o be_v slay_v and_o bury_v by_o annibal_n 28._o claelia_n with_o other_o virgin_n deliver_v as_o hostage_n to_o king_n porsenna_n make_v she_o escape_v by_o swim_v over_o the_o tiber_n two_o 13._o cleomenes_z the_o first_o tyrant_n of_o lacedaemon_n xxxiv_o 26._o cleopatra_n queen_n of_o egypt_n xxxvii_o 3._o colony_n the_o name_n of_o those_o that_o declare_v all_o they_o have_v to_o be_v at_o the_o roman_n service_n xxvii_o 10._o they_o ought_v to_o bear_v the_o same_o affection_n and_o reverence_n to_o the_o mother-city_n as_o child_n to_o their_o parent_n 11._o the_o decree_n of_o the_o senate_n against_o the_o twelve_o colony_n that_o refuse_v to_o find_v soldier_n xxix_o 15._o colophonian_n how_o situate_v 26._o freedom_n grant_v they_o xxxviii_o 39_o concord_n a_o temple_n dedicate_v to_o it_o ix_o 46._o it_o be_v excellency_n x._o 22_o 24._o commons_o a_o law_n prefer_v that_o what_o they_o establish_v in_o their_o tribe_n shall_v bind_v all_o the_o people_n three_o 55._o viij_o 12._o xi_o 26._o consul_n when_o first_o create_v two_o 1._o their_o power_n transfer_v to_o the_o decemvir_n iii._o 33._o make_v again_o after_o the_o decemvir_n turn_v out_o 54._o be_v force_v by_o the_o tribune_n to_o obey_v the_o senate_n four_o 26._o a_o consul_n only_o can_v nominate_v a_o dictator_n 31._o consul_n again_o after_o fifteen_o year_n cessation_n v._n 29._o that_o one_o of_o they_o shall_v be_v a_o commoner_n vi_fw-la 35._o l._n sextius_n the_o first_o commoner_n that_o ever_o be_v make_v consul_n 42._o consulship_n restore_v to_o the_o patrician_n after_o the_o commoner_n have_v share_v it_o eleven_o year_n seven_o 18._o but_o the_o commoner_n regain_v it_o 21._o cook_n ancient_o that_o trade_n practise_v only_o by_o slave_n when_o it_o come_v first_o into_o esteem_n at_o rome_n thirty-nine_o 6._o coriolanus_z offend_v the_o commons_o be_v banish_v and_o retreat_n to_o the_o volsci_n two_o 35._o be_v by_o they_o make_v general_n against_o the_o roman_n 40._o but_o by_o the_o entreaty_n of_o his_o mother_n and_o wife_n retreat_v ibid._n a._n cornelius_n cossus_n kill_v the_o king_n of_o the_o veii_n and_o gain_v the_o opima_fw-la spolia_fw-la four_o 19_o his_o speech_n to_o the_o mutinous_a soldier_n vi_fw-mi 12._o against_o m._n manlius_n 15._o cn._n cornelius_n scipio_n send_v into_o spain_n xxi_o 32._o defeat_v the_o punic_a army_n xxiii_o 49._o be_v wound_v xxiv_o 42._o he_o be_v rout_v and_o kill_v twenty-five_o 36._o p._n cornelius_n scipio_n the_o father_n his_o speech_n before_o he_o fight_v with_o annibal_n xxi_o 40._o he_o come_v into_o spain_n and_o join_v his_o brother_n xxii_o 22._o he_o be_v slay_v twenty-five_o 34._o p._n cornelius_n scipio_n the_o son_n be_v very_o young_a swear_v and_o make_v other_o swear_v not_o to_o desert_v their_o country_n xxii_o 53._o a_o person_n of_o wonderful_a virtue_n and_o think_v to_o be_v of_o divine_a descent_n xxvi_o 19_o be_v send_v into_o spain_n after_o the_o loss_n of_o his_o father_n and_o uncle_n 18._o his_o speech_n to_o his_o soldier_n 41._o he_o take_v new_a carthage_n 43._o another_o speech_n of_o his_o ibid._n his_o civility_n to_o the_o hostage_n 49._o his_o liberality_n 50._o take_v asdrubal_n camp_n and_o be_v style_v king_n by_o the_o spaniard_n but_o contemn_v and_o refuse_v that_o title_n xxvii_o 20._o drive_v the_o carthaginian_n clear_v out_o of_o spain_n in_o the_o thirteen_o year_n after_o the_o war_n begin_v xxviii_o 16._o go_v over_o with_o two_o galley_n into_o africa_n to_o syphax_n where_o he_o sup_v with_o asdrubal_n 18._o he_o be_v choose_v consul_n and_o answer_v the_o speech_n make_v by_o fabius_n max._n against_o his_o go_v into_o africa_n 43._o raise_v three_o hundred_o horse_n very_o handsome_o in_o sicily_n xxix_o 1._o be_v accuse_v in_o his_o absence_n by_o fabius_n in_o the_o senate_n 22._o his_o prayer_n when_o he_o set_v sail_n for_o africa_n 27._o his_o conference_n with_o and_o answer_n to_o annibal_n speech_n thirty_o 31._o he_o total_o defeat_v annibal_n 33._o return_v to_o rome_n and_o triumph_n 45._o be_v make_v censor_n xxxii_o 7._o go_v as_o lieutenant_n to_o his_o brother_n lucius_n into_o asia_n xxxvii_o 1._o his_o son_n take_v by_o antiochus_n and_o release_v gratis_o 34_o 37._o be_v accuse_v by_o the_o tribune_n xxxviii_o 50._o he_o retreats_z to_o liternum_n where_o he_o die_v and_o be_v bury_v 52_o 53._o to_o who_o his_o daughter_n be_v marry_v 57_o p._n cornelius_n scipio_n nasica_n cn._n f._n adjudge_v the_o best_a man_n in_o all_o the_o city_n xxix_o 14._o his_o success_n in_o spain_n xxxv_o 1._o triumph_n over_o the_o boii_n xxxvi_o 40._o his_o oration_n in_o defence_n of_o his_o kinsman_n africanus_n and_o asiatious_a xxxviii_o 58._o corsica_n subdue_v by_o c._n cicereius_n xlii_o 7._o m._n curtius_n on_o horseback_n throw_v himself_o into_o the_o gulf_n seven_o 6._o cybele_n ambassador_n send_v to_o fetch_v her_o image_n from_o greece_n and_o the_o occasion_n xxix_o 11._o cyneas_n a_o eloquent_a ambassador_n from_o pyrrhus_n almost_o persuade_v the_o roman_n to_o a_o peace_n with_o his_o master_n xiii_o 31_o 32._o tell_v pyrrhus_n rome_n look_v like_o a_o temple_n and_o all_o its_o senator_n as_o so_o many_o king_n 35._o d._n dearth_n of_o provision_n two_o 34._o debtor_n a_o great_a tumult_n on_o their_o account_n but_o appease_v by_o menenius_n agrippa_n parable_n of_o the_o belly_n and_o the_o member_n two_o 32._o their_o body_n not_o to_o be_v liable_a to_o their_o creditor_n and_o on_o what_o occasion_n viij_o 28._o xi_o 24._o debt_n to_o be_v pay_v in_o three_o year_n vi_o 35._o a_o way_n find_v out_o to_o discharge_v debt_n seven_o 21._o decemvir_n for_o make_v of_o law_n create_v with_o a_o absolute_a power_n without_o appeal_n three_o 32_o 33._o banish_v and_o their_o good_n forfeit_v 58._o p._n decius_n a_o colonel_n with_o a_o small_a party_n by_o seize_v a_o hill_n save_v the_o whole_a roman_a army_n and_o march_v safe_a through_o the_o enemy_n camp_n seven_o 34._o his_o speech_n to_o the_o centurion_n and_o soldier_n 35._o his_o reward_n 37._o p._n decius_n must_n the_o father_n devote_v himself_o to_o the_o infernal_a god_n and_o the_o ceremony_n thereof_o viij_o 9_o his_o son_n p._n decins_n do_v the_o like_o x._o 28._o delphos_n situate_v in_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o world_n xxxviii_o 48._o delphic_a oracle_n xxii_o 57_o xxii_o 11._o xxix_o 11._o demetrius_n philip_n young_a but_o legitimate_a son_n accuse_v by_o perseus_n the_o elder_a but_o natural_a son_n speech_n on_o that_o occasion_n xl_o 8._o to_o 15._o be_v private_o murder_v 24._o the_o same_o discover_v and_o punish_v 55._o deserter_n three_o hundred_o and_o seventy_o fling_v headlong_o from_o the_o tarpeian_a rock_n xxiv_o 20._o diana_n a_o temple_n build_v to_o she_o at_o rome_n and_o a_o notable_a cheat_n put_v upon_o a_o sabin_n that_o come_v to_o sacrifice_v a_o heifer_n to_o her_o i_o 45._o dictator_n who_o be_v the_o first_o not_o certain_a two_o 18._o no_o appeal_n from_o he_o 29._o name_v by_o a_o tribune_n military_a four_o 32._o the_o first_o commoner_n in_o that_o office_n seven_o 17._o can_v be_v choose_v out_o of_o italy_n xxvii_o 5._o diophanes_n beat_v off_o seleucus_n from_o the_o city_n pergamus_n where_o king_n attalus_n be_v besiege_v xxxvii_o 21._o e._n earthquake_n of_o thirty_o eight_o day_n continuance_n xxxv_o 40._o eclipse_n of_o the_o moon_n foretell_v to_o the_o soldier_n that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v afraid_a xliv_o 37._o