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tanais_n build_v by_o alexander_n the_o great_a p._n 140_o alexandria_n in_o egypt_n build_v by_o he_o p._n 169_o the_o original_a of_o the_o amazon_n p._n 30_o the_o come_n of_o their_o queen_n thalestris_n to_o alexander_n the_o great_a p._n 33_o amilco_n succeed_v hamilcar_n p._n 282_o amilco_n kill_v himself_o p._n 285_o amphitryo_n dedicate_v athens_n to_o minerva_n p._n 36_o the_o justice_n of_o anaxilaus_n p._n 75_o annabal_n make_v captain_n before_o he_o be_v at_o man_n estate_n p._n 372._o annibal_n sixteen_o year_n a_o conqueror_n in_o italy_n p._n 447_o annibal_n policy_n to_o avoid_v the_o envy_n and_o the_o danger_n that_o may_v attend_v his_o great_a wealth_n p._n 408._o annibals_n stratagem_n to_o overcome_v by_o serpent_n p._n 409_o annibal_n death_n by_o poison_n ibid._n annibalianus_n caesar_n p._n 590_o antigonus_n kill_v by_o sandrocottus_n p._n 243_o antigonus_n throw_v the_o diadem_n from_o he_o p._n 367_o antigonus_n war_n with_o perdiccas_n p._n 217_o 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antigonus_n p._n 227_o aridaeus_n the_o son_n of_o philip_n reign_v in_o macedonia_n p._n 156_o aristides_n p._n 57_o aristotimus_n the_o tyrant_n of_o the_o epirot_n his_o cruelty_n p._n 351_o aristonicus_n overcome_v by_o the_o consul_n perpenna_n p._n 433_o aristotle_n tutor_n to_o alexander_n the_o great_a p._n 204_o the_o greatness_n of_o armenia_n and_o description_n of_o it_o p._n 490_o armenius_n the_o companion_n of_o jason_n 491_o ascanius_n succeed_v his_o father_n aeneas_n p._n 503_o arsaces_n the_o common_a name_n of_o the_o parthian_a king_n p_o 484_o arsacides_n his_o mercy_n to_o conquer_a demetrius_n p._n 458_o arsinoës_n departure_n into_o banishment_n p._n 332_o artabanus_n kill_v xerxes_n and_o he_o himself_o slay_v by_o artaxerxes_n p_o 52_o 53_o artaxerxes_n have_v one_o hundred_o and_o fifteen_o son_n p._n 148_o artemisia_n that_o memorable_a and_o gallant_a queen_n p._n 51_o arymbas_n make_v law_n for_o the_o epirot_n p._n 260_o asia_n the_o cause_n of_o many_o war_n reduce_v into_o the_o power_n of_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n p._n 433_o assyrian_n afterward_o call_v syrian_n how_o long_o they_o hold_v the_o empire_n p._n 6_o astyages_n of_o a_o king_n make_v governor_n of_o the_o hyrcanian_n p._n 13_o athens_n one_o of_o the_o eye_n of_o greece_n p._n 92_o athis_n the_o daughter_n of_o cranaus_n give_v a_o name_n unto_o it_o p._n 36_o the_o athenian_n hate_v by_o all_o man_n p._n 82_o the_o great_a war_n of_o the_o athenian_n with_o the_o lacedaemonian_n p._n 88_o the_o athenian_n the_o inventor_n of_o oil_n wine_n and_o the_o manufacture_n of_o wool_n p._n 36_o attalus_n his_o parricide_n and_o death_n p._n 431_o attilius_n his_o war_n against_o antiochus_n p._n 403_o augustus_n caesar_n his_o life_n and_o death_n p._n 526_o etc._n etc._n aurelian_a caesar_n and_o his_o gorgeous_a habiliment_n p._n 578_o b_o babylon_n build_v by_o semiramis_n p._n 5_o bactrian_n lose_v their_o liberty_n and_o all_o thing_n p._n 485_o barce_o build_v by_o alexander_n p._n 196_o butti_n who_o so_o call_v p._n 219_o belgius_n commander_n of_o the_o gaul_n p._n 334_o beronice_n have_v revenge_v the_o wrong_n offer_v to_o she_o be_v kill_v by_o deceit_n p._n 358_o bessus_n deliver_v by_o alexander_n to_o the_o brother_n of_o darius_n p._n 186_o the_o river_n bilbilis_n in_o which_o the_o spaniard_n dip_v their_o sleel_n p._n 518_o bomilcar_n fasten_v to_o the_o cross_n p._n 316_o brennus_n captain_n of_o the_o gaul_n kill_v himself_o at_o delphos_n p._n 341_o brundisium_n build_v by_o the_o aetolian_n p._n 180_o the_o brutian_o overthrow_v alexander_n of_o epirus_n p._n 181_o bucephala_n build_v by_o alexander_n in_o the_o memory_n of_o his_o horse_n so_o call_v p._n 192_o byrsa_n the_o city_n of_o carthage_n so_o call_v from_o the_o hide_n of_o a_o ox_n p._n 273_o byzantium_n besiege_v by_o pyrrhus_n p._n 134_o c_o caepio_n the_o roman_a consul_n take_v away_o the_o gold_n at_o tholouzi_n p._n 406_o caligula_n why_o so_o call_v p._n 533_o 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pollux_n propitious_a and_o present_a to_o the_o locrensian_o p._n 289_o cecrops_n king_n of_o the_o athenian_n p._n 36_o ceres_n her_o holy_a mystery_n p._n 81_o charybdis_n that_o dangerous_a gulf_n p._n 74_o chrestos_n kill_v by_o mithridates_n p._n 450_o chion_n and_o leonides_n conspire_v against_o clearchus_n p._n 254_o cimon_n overcome_v xerxes_n by_o sea_n and_o land_n and_o his_o piety_n to_o his_o father_n p._n 57_o 58_o civil_a war_n betwixt_o caesar_n and_o pompey_n p._n 494_o claudius_n tiberius_n p._n 531_o claudius_n caesar_n ibid._n clearchus_n banish_v among_o the_o heraclian_o and_o his_o cruelty_n towards_o they_o p._n 255_o cleopatra_n the_o daughter_n of_o philip_n marry_v alexander_n king_n of_o the_o epirot_n p._n 141_o cleopatra_n marry_v she_o own_o brother_n ptolemy_n and_o the_o execrable_a murder_n commit_v by_o he_o p._n 455_o cleophis_n redeem_v her_o kingdom_n by_o yield_v to_o the_o lust_n of_o alexander_n p._n 191_o clitus_n kill_v by_o alexander_n p._n 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sythian_o p._n 16_o cyrus_n