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nabis_n king_n of_o lacedaemon_n his_o murder_n of_o pelops_n the_o son_n of_o lycurgus_n and_o his_o other_o cruelty_n l_o 26._o s_o 12._o 754_o p._n paulus_n emilius_n his_o praise_n l_o 26._o s_o 42_o 57_o 61._o 758_o his_o death_n and_o praise_n l_o 26._o s_o 61._o 760_o pittachus_n one_o of_o the_o seven_o wise_a man_n l_o 6._o s_o 27_o 28._o 744_o pleminius_n king_n of_o thrace_n his_o beastly_a cruelty_n l_o 26._o s_o 14._o 754_o polychares_n see_v eucephnus_n 742_o pythagoras_n l_o 6._o s_o 36._o 745_o the_o 〈…〉_o dness_n of_o the_o pythagorian_n one_o to_o another_o l_o 6._o s_o 37._o other_o matter_n concern_v they_o l_o 6._o s_o 38_o 39_o 40_o 41_o 42._o polycrates_n king_n of_o samos_n his_o cruelty_n towards_o the_o lydian_n that_o flee_v to_o he_o l_o 6._o s_o 54._o 747_o pyrrhus_n plunder_v egeas_fw-la in_o macedonia_n his_o soldier_n rifle_v the_o sepulcher_n of_o the_o former_a king_n l_o 22._o s_o 6._o 750_o proserpina_n her_o temple_n rob_v by_o pleminius_n the_o 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his_o cruelty_n to_o his_o wife_n and_o sister_n cleopatra_n in_o murder_v she_o and_o his_o son_n memphites_n l_o 26._o s_o 103._o 768_o pompaedius_n general_n of_o the_o martian_n his_o rash_a design_n to_o beset_v the_o senate-house_n with_o 10_o thousand_o man_n l_o 37._o s_o 1._o 734_o dissuade_v by_o caius_n domitius_n ibid._n pompeius_n cn._n the_o great_a his_o commendation_n l_o 37._o s_o 14_o 18._o 779_o poscription_n in_o rome_n a_o instance_n of_o a_o remarkable_a example_n in_o the_o punishment_n of_o one_o that_o glory_v over_o other_o and_o at_o last_o read_v his_o own_o name_n in_o the_o list_n l_o 37._o s_o 17._o 778_o r._n romulus_n silvius_n kill_v by_o a_o thunderbolt_n l_o 6._o s_o 9_o 742_o romulus_n and_o remus_n l_o 6._o s_o 13._o ibid._n rhegium_n the_o people_n there_o all_o kill_v by_o decius_n and_o his_o garrison_n of_o campanian_o l_o 22._o s_o 1._o 750_o roman_n their_o clemency_n towards_o the_o conquer_a l_o 26._o s_o 62._o 760_o the_o degeneration_n of_o their_o manner_n lâ—6_n â—6_z s_o 4._o 775_o s._n sylla_n his_o commondation_n l_o 37._o s_o 〈◊〉_d 777_o the_o murder_n and_o slaughter_n in_o rome_n by_o syllâ—_n l_o 37._o s_o 8_o 16._o 778_o 780_o rob_v the_o temple_n to_o carry_v on_o the_o war_n in_o italy_n s_o 10._o 779_o salmoneus_n defy_v jupiter_n l_o 6._o s_o 4._o 741_o syberite_n their_o luxury_n l_o 6._o s_o 19_o 743_o solon_n l_o 6._o s_o 24._o 744_o servius_n tullius_n his_o praise_n reign_v 44_o year_n l_o 6._o s_o 35._o 745_o sicily_n p._n clodius_n his_o act_n in_o sicily_n l_o 24._o s_o 1._o 752_o hieronymus_n king_n of_o sicily_n murder_v by_o his_o subject_n l_o 26._o s_o 7._o 754_o the_o servile_a war_n l_o 34._o s_o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 11._o 770_o the_o cruelty_n of_o the_o slave_n l_o 36._o s_o 1._o 775_o scipio_n his_o humanity_n to_o syphax_n king_n of_o numidia_n his_o prisoner_n and_o his_o other_o act_n l_o 26_o s_o 15_o 16_o 17_o 18_o 19_o 20_o 755_o his_o praise_n scipio_n the_o son_n of_o paulus_n aemilius_n his_o praise_n and_o noble_a act_n l_o 26._o s_o 76._o 763_o scipio_n africanus_n his_o faithfulness_n in_o his_o performance_n of_o article_n with_o his_o enemy_n l_o 26._o s_o 85._o 765_o take_v carthage_n and_o restore_v the_o phalerian_n bull_n and_o other_o thing_n to_o the_o sicilian_n l_o 26._o s_o 91._o 766_o scipio_n nasica_n his_o commendation_n l_o 34._o s_o 24._o 773_o scaevola_n his_o virtue_n l_o 36._o s_o 5_o 6_o 7._o 676_o t._n thessalus_n abdicate_v the_o government_n of_o athens_n tiberius_n gracchus_n his_o praise_n l_o 34._o s_o 10._o 772_o v._o viriathus_n general_n in_o spain_n against_o the_o roman_n his_o justice_n in_o divide_v the_o spoil_n wheen_n he_o be_v captain_n of_o the_o robber_n l_o 26._o s_o 93._o 766_o his_o contempt_n of_o wealth_n s_o 99_o 767_o his_o death_n and_o burial_n s_o 108._o 769_o w._n war_n the_o mercenary_a war_n with_o the_o carthaginian_n l_o 25_o s_o 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o 752_o the_o servile_a war_n in_o sicily_n see_v sicily_n 77â—_n z._n zâ—no_n how_o he_o use_v the_o tyrant_n nearchus_n when_o he_o be_v upon_o the_o back_n l_o 6._o s_o 47._o 747_o the_o fragment_n out_o of_o the_o lose_a history_n of_o diodorus_n the_o sicilian_a publish_a by_o f._n vrsinus_n a._n a_o chaians_n refuse_v the_o gift_n of_o eumenes_n s_o 13._o page_n 779_o accept_v seleucus_n present_n ibid._n aetolian_n in_o great_a fear_n s_o 5._o 783_o their_o fruitless_a embassy_n s_o 8._o ibid._n alban_n and_o roman_n become_v enemy_n to_o one_o another_o s_z 1._o 783_o ambassador_n come_v from_o rome_n to_o rhodes_n s_o 29._o 779_o ambassador_n come_v to_o rome_n from_o all_o part_n s_z 20._o 780_o antiochus_n the_o great_a s_z 6._o 783_o reject_v scipio_n advice_n s_o 7._o ibid._n free_a from_o war_n s_o 9_o ibid._n ariarathes_n commend_v by_o the_o senate_n s_z 24._o ibid._n arradians_n s_o 29._o 773_o asia_n prince_n of_o asia_n fast_o friend_n to_o the_o roman_n s_z 14._o 782_o b._n bocchus_n king_n of_o lybia_n s_o 33._o 782_o send_v commissioner_n to_o marius_n to_o crave_v pardon_n for_o his_o crime_n ibid._n seize_v jugurtha_n and_o deliver_v he_o bind_v and_o by_o that_o mean_v buy_v his_o safety_n ibid._n c._n caria_n assign_v to_o the_o rhodian_o s_o 10._o 779_o carthaginian_n deliver_v themselves_o and_o country_n to_o the_o roman_n s_z 27._o 780_o they_o be_v in_o great_a consternation_n ibid._n celtiberian_n treat_v for_o peace_n s_o 26._o ibid._n cretan_n declare_v friend_n to_o the_o senate_n s_z 35_o 783_o they_o be_v command_v to_o send_v in_o all_o their_o ship_n ibid._n be_v divide_v about_o it_o and_o stir_v up_o the_o people_n to_o sedition_n ibid._n d._n demetrius_n send_v the_o senate_n a_o crown_n of_o great_a value_n s_o 25._o 780_o e._n egypt_n a_o excellent_a country_n s_o 32._o 782_o eumenes_n present_v with_o a_o ivory_n chariot_n s_o 16._o 779_o f._n flamininus_n send_v to_o rome_n discharge_v the_o italian_a servant_n s_z 3._o 782_o he_o treat_v with_o antiochus_n his_o 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