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and_o use_v it_o in_o their_o record_n and_o proceed_n at_o law_n xl_o 42._o law_n be_v the_o only_a thing_n that_o can_v unite_v a_o multitude_n into_o one_o body_n i_o 8._o they_o be_v deaf_a and_o inexorable_a two_o 3._o law_n of_o the_o ten_o table_n first_o promulgate_v three_o 34._o two_o more_o table_n add_v 37._o which_o twelve_o table_n be_v the_o fountain_n of_o all_o public_a and_o private_a justice_n ibid._n the_o say_v law_n of_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n be_v order_v to_o be_v engrave_v in_o brass_n and_o public_o expose_v 57_o plebeian_n law_n three_o 31._o law_n royal_a vi_fw-la 1._o sacred_a law_n iii._o 32._o law_n must_v be_v obey_v four_o 14._o even_o by_o the_o high_a person_n xxxviii_o 50._o none_o ancient_o dare_v accommodate_v the_o interpretation_n of_o a_o law_n or_o a_o oath_n to_o his_o own_o private_a fancy_n or_o advantage_n three_o 20._o the_o manner_n of_o examine_v of_o law_n public_o 34._o of_o law_n some_o be_v mutable_a some_o immutable_a xxxiv_o 6._o particular_a law_n for_o create_v a_o dictator_n two_o 18._o that_o no_o magistrate_n shall_v be_v make_v without_o appeal_n three_o 55._o the_o same_o confirm_v x._o 9_o the_o sacred_a law_n make_v in_o the_o holy_a mount_n and_o swear_v to_o by_o all_o the_o people_n two_o 33._o iii._o 32._o four_o 26._o a_o law_n that_o whoever_o shall_v offer_v violence_n to_o the_o tribune_n of_o the_o commons_o the_o aediles_z judge_n or_o decemvir_n his_o head_n shall_v be_v sacâ—â—â—_n to_o jupiter_n iii._o 55._o that_o what_o the_o commons_o ordain_v in_o their_o tribe_n shall_v bind_v all_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n ibid._n that_o the_o people_n shall_v have_v power_n to_o choose_v a_o consul_n either_o out_o of_o the_o patrician_n or_o commons_o at_o their_o pleasure_n four_o 1._o that_o one_o of_o the_o consul_n shall_v be_v a_o commoner_n vi_fw-la 35._o that_o none_o shall_v wear_v garment_n white_a than_o ordinary_a when_o he_o put_v in_o for_o any_o office_n ix_o 25._o a_o law_n recite_v that_o none_o shall_v be_v choose_v again_o to_o the_o consulship_n within_o the_o space_n of_o ten_o year_n after_o â—e_n serve_v it_o x._o 13._o a_o law_n that_o commoner_n and_o patrician_n may_v intermarry_v pass_v after_o great_a opposition_n four_o 1_o 5._o a_o law_n against_o bribery_n and_o ill_a practice_n to_o get_v into_o office_n prefer_v by_o c_o paetilius_n seven_o 15._o that_o none_o shall_v have_v above_o so_o many_o acre_n of_o land_n seven_o 16._o that_o no_o senator_n shall_v keep_v any_o ship_n or_o vessel_n above_o such_o a_o burden_n xxiv_o 63._o the_o oppian_n law_n against_o the_o woman_n finery_n xxxiv_o 1._o the_o same_o be_v abrogate_a in_o the_o twenty_o year_n after_o it_o be_v make_v 8._o the_o veconian_a law_n against_o leave_v estate_n above_o such_o a_o value_n to_o woman_n xliii_o supplement_n the_o second_o lectisternium_fw-la the_o first_o that_o be_v celebrate_v at_o rome_n v._n 13._o legion_n ten_o muster_v each_o consist_v of_o four_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o foot_n and_o three_o hundred_o horse_n seven_o 25._o the_o roman_n employ_v eighteen_o legion_n xxiv_o 11._o three_o and_o twenty_o legion_n at_o once_o xxvi_o 2._o legion_n of_o six_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o foot_n and_o three_o hundred_o horse_n xxix_o 24._o l._n lentulus_n his_o speech_n at_o caudium_n persuade_v to_o yield_v to_o the_o samnite_n term_n ix_o 4._o letter_n forge_v xxiv_o 31._o those_o of_o asdrubal_n to_o annibal_n intercept_v xxvi_o 43._o leucas_n a_o colony_n of_o the_o corinthian_n after_o a_o gallant_a defence_n take_v xxxiii_o 17._o liberty_n too_o greedy_o affect_v fall_v into_o slavery_n three_o 37._o c._n licinius_n the_o first_o tribune_n of_o the_o commons_o who_o choose_v he_o three_o colleague_n two_o 33._o c._n licinius_n stolo_n a_o commoner_n prefer_v a_o law_n design_v to_o restrain_v the_o patrician_n wealth_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v possess_v above_o five_o hundred_o acre_n of_o land_n vi_fw-la 35._o he_o be_v the_o 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lutatius_n put_v a_o end_n to_o the_o first_o punic_a war_n xxviii_o 38._o he_o be_v free_v from_o slavery_n after_o he_o have_v be_v a_o prisoner_n to_o the_o enemy_n sixteen_o year_n by_o cn._n servilius_n thirty_o 19_o luxury_n first_o advance_v at_o rome_n by_o the_o army_n return_v from_o the_o conquest_n of_o asia_n thirty-nine_o 6._o lycortas_n praetor_n of_o the_o achaean_o his_o speech_n touch_v the_o lacedaemonian_n thirty-nine_o 36._o lycurgus_n his_o discipline_n abolish_v after_o seven_o hundred_o year_n continuance_n xxxviii_o 34._o m._n macedonian_a war_n the_o cause_n thereof_o at_o first_o with_o king_n philip_n xxxi_o 1._o afterward_o with_o k._n perseus_n thirty-nine_o 23._o the_o macedonian_a empire_n how_o and_o by_o who_o it_o increase_v xlv_o 9_o the_o bone_n of_o the_o macedonian_n kill_v about_o cynoscephalas_n gather_v together_o and_o that_o action_n misinterpret_v xxxvi_o 8._o the_o end_n of_o the_o macedonian_a war_n and_o of_o that_o monarchy_n by_o the_o 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