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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
56._o nuceria_n take_v by_o annibal_n xxiii_o 15._o nut_n the_o people_n of_o casilinum_n live_v upon_o they_o in_o a_o siege_n xxiii_o 19_o numidian_n good_a at_o horse-service_n but_o nothing_o on_o foot_n xxiv_o 48._o extreme_o lascivious_a above_o other_o nation_n xxix_o 23._o o._n oak_n sacred_a to_o shepherd_n i_o 10._o opima_fw-la spolia_fw-la what_o four_o 20._o xxiii_o 46._o opinion_n though_o vain_a be_v often_o of_o great_a consequence_n xxxiv_o 12._o oppia_n a_o vestal_a nun_n execute_v two_o 42._o sp._n opius_n one_o of_o the_o tyrannical_a decemvir_n accuse_v and_o make_v away_o himself_o in_o prison_n iii._o 58._o oreum_n in_o euboea_n take_v xxviii_o 6._o oringin_n in_o spain_n take_v by_o p._n scipio_n 3_o ortiagon_n a_o petty_a king_n of_o the_o gaul_n xxxviii_o 19_o his_o wife_n be_v take_v prisoner_n and_o ravish_v by_o the_o centurion_n that_o have_v the_o keep_n of_o she_o cut_v off_o his_o head_n and_o get_v her_o liberty_n present_v it_o to_o her_o husband_n 24._o p._n pacuvius_n calavius_n save_v the_o senate_n of_o capua_n from_o the_o fury_n of_o the_o people_n by_o a_o ingenious_a contrivance_n xxiii_o 2._o paleness_n and_o fear_n temple_n vow_v to_o they_o by_o king_n tullus_n i_o 27._o palaepolis_n that_o city_n render_v itself_o viij_o 25_o 26._o palm_n when_o first_o give_v to_o conqueror_n x._o 47._o panic_n fear_v at_o rome_n 37._o pausistratus_n the_o rhodian_a admiral_n wheadle_v by_o polyxemidas_n and_o kill_v in_o a_o sea_n sight_n xxxvii_o 11._o l._n papirius_n cursor_n be_v dictator_n endeavour_n to_o put_v to_o death_n q._n fabius_n maximus_n rullianus_n his_o master_n of_o horse_n for_o fight_v against_o his_o order_n viij_o 32._o fabius_n his_o speech_n to_o the_o soldier_n papirius_n his_o speech_n on_o the_o same_o occasion_n 37._o his_o character_n ix_o 16._o compare_v with_o alexander_n the_o great_a ibid._n his_o speech_n to_o his_o soldier_n x._o 39_o his_o victory_n over_o the_o samnite_n and_o strange_a vow_n 42._o l._n papirius_n the_o usurer_n his_o lust_n and_o cruelty_n viij_o 28._o parley_n between_o annibal_n and_o scipio_n thirty_o 30_o patrician_n whence_o so_o call_v i_o 8._o first_o admit_v to_o be_v tribune_n of_o the_o commons_o three_o 65._o a_o patrician_n may_v not_o dwell_v in_o the_o capitol_n or_o castle_n vi_fw-mi 20._o peace_n when_o equal_a will_v be_v observe_v but_o never_o long_o keep_v where_o hard_a condition_n be_v impose_v viij_o 21._o scipio_n make_v a_o peace_n with_o carthage_n and_o the_o term_n thirty_o 37._o people_z their_o decree_n can_v not_o be_v infringe_v or_o repeal_v by_o the_o senate_n four_o 7._o the_o majesty_n of_o the_o people_n great_a than_o that_o of_o the_o consul_n two_o 7._o the_o people_n have_v in_o all_o thing_n the_o supreme_a power_n viij_o 34._o perseus_n the_o son_n of_o king_n philip_n quarrel_n with_o his_o brother_n demetrius_n and_o accuse_v he_o of_o parricide_n to_o his_o father_n and_o cause_v he_o to_o be_v murder_v xl_o 5._o 8._o etc._n etc._n his_o wicked_a contrivance_n discover_v 55._o he_o succeed_v his_o father_n 56._o and_o desire_v of_o the_o roman_n the_o title_n of_o king_n 58._o his_o character_n xli_o 20._o king_n eumens_n complain_v that_o perseus_n attempt_v to_o assassinate_v he_o xlii_o 15._o perseus_n endeavour_n to_o poison_v roman_a captain_n and_o ambassador_n 17._o he_o join_v in_o league_n with_o gentius_n king_n of_o the_o illyrian_n xliv_o 23._o he_o be_v whole_o defeat_v 42._o surrender_n himself_o and_o his_o son_n xlv_o 7._o petelia_n after_o a_o desperate_a defence_n take_v by_o himilco_n xxiii_o 30._o philip_n king_n of_o macedon_n send_v ambassador_n to_o annibal_n who_o as_o they_o go_v deceive_v the_o roman_n but_o in_o their_o return_n be_v take_v xxiii_o 33_o 34._o send_v other_o 39_o his_o debauchery_n xxvii_o 33._o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o roman_n war_n with_o king_n philip_n be_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o city_n 544._o xxxi_o 5._o he_o be_v a_o prince_n not_o use_v to_o hear_v trutus_n 18._o besieges_n athens_n but_o be_v repulse_v 24._o worsted_n in_o a_o horse-skirmish_n and_o retreat_n 38._o surprise_v by_o a_o ambuscade_n xxxi_o 11._o he_o be_v too_o much_o give_v to_o raillery_n 34._o he_o be_v total_o rout_v at_o cynocephalae_n by_o t._n quintius_n xxxiii_o 10._o and_o the_o same_o day_n his_o general_n androstenes_n by_o the_o achaean_o at_o corinth_n 14._o he_o submit_v to_o any_o term_n and_o gain_v a_o truce_n 13._o and_o afterward_o a_o peace_n 26._o the_o term_n 32._o he_o be_v still_o malcontent_a with_o the_o roman_n thirty-nine_o 23_o 24_o difference_n between_o he_o and_o otâ—â—â—â—_n 〈…〉_o use_v before_o roman_a ambassador_n as_o â—uâ—ges_n who_o determine_v the_o same_o to_o his_o dissatisfaction_n 25._o his_o speech_n on_o that_o occasion_n 27_o his_o adventure_n to_o the_o top_n of_o mount_n flamus_n and_o why_o xl_o 21_o 22._o king_n philippic_v â—iâ—s_z of_o grief_n and_o against_o his_o will_n perseus_n succeed_v 56._o philopaeman_n the_o great_a general_n of_o the_o achaean_o his_v character_n and_o exploit_n xxxv_o 28_o 29_o 30._o be_v take_v by_o the_o messenian_n thirty-nine_o 49._o poison_a by_o they_o but_o his_o death_n revenge_v 50._o piety_n a_o temple_n erect_v thereunto_o xl_o 34._o l._n pinarius_n secure_v his_o roman_a garrison_n in_o the_o city_n enna_n by_o cut_v off_o the_o inhabitant_n xxiv_o 39_o plague_n at_o rome_n and_o extraordinary_a prayer_n on_o that_o occasion_n i_o 31._o iii._o 6_o 32._o four_o 7._o v._n 13._o vi_fw-la 21._o seven_o 1_o 27._o viij_o 17._o x._o 47._o be_v allay_v by_o the_o dictator_n drive_v a_o nail_n seven_o 3._o play_n first_o act_v to_o appease_v the_o god_n seven_o 2._o q._n pleminius_n governor_n of_o locris_n his_o cruelty_n outrage_n and_o sacrilege_n xxix_o 9_o be_v in_o prison_n for_o the_o same_o he_o cause_v rome_n to_o be_v set_v on_o fire_n in_o hope_n to_o escape_v but_o be_v prevent_v and_o put_v to_o death_n xxxiv_o 44._o poison_v one_o hundred_o and_o seventy_o matron_n practise_v it_o and_o be_v accuse_v poison_n themselves_o viij_o 18._o polyaenus_n of_o syracuse_n his_o prudent_a speech_n xxiv_o 22._o po_n the_o river_n be_v great_a and_o more_o violent_a than_o the_o rhone_n xxiii_o 43._o poverty_n of_o divers_a great_a and_o excellent_a man_n as_o p._n valerius_n the_o consul_n two_o 16._o menenius_z agrippa_z 33._o l._n quintius_n cincinnatus_n iii._o 26._o m._n popilius_n laenas_n rout_v the_o gaul_n seven_o 24._o though_o a_o commoner_n he_o be_v four_o time_n choose_v consul_n 26._o c._n popilius_n laenas_n send_v ambassador_n to_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n draw_v a_o circle_n about_o he_o and_o require_v a_o answer_n before_o he_o go_v out_o of_o it_o xlv_o 12._o his_o cruelty_n to_o the_o rhodian_o 10._o m._n portius_n cato_n his_o speech_n for_o the_o oppian_n law_n xxxiv_o 1._o go_v into_o spain_n 8._o his_o speech_n to_o the_o tribune_n and_o praetor_n 13._o he_o triumph_v over_o spain_n 45._o he_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o scipio_n africanus_n and_o make_v a_o speech_n against_o he_o about_o antiochusâ—_n â—_z money_n xxxviii_o 54._o his_o mighty_a character_n thirty-nine_o 40._o be_v make_v censor_n and_o how_o he_o behave_v himself_o in_o that_o office_n 41._o porsena_n come_v up_o to_o rome_n but_o be_v keep_v from_o enter_v it_o by_o horatius_n cocles_n two_o 10._o yet_o besiege_n it_o till_o mucius_n come_v to_o kill_v he_o etc._n etc._n 12._o postumia_n a_o vestal_a virgin_n try_v for_o her_o life_n because_o she_o go_v too_o fine_a four_o 44._o m._n postumius_n regillensis_n a_o tribune_n military_a stone_v to_o death_n by_o his_o own_o soldier_n four_o 50._o sp._n postumius_n the_o consul_n his_o speech_n after_o his_o shameful_a treaty_n at_o caudium_n persuade_v the_o roman_n not_o to_o stand_v to_o it_o but_o yield_v up_o himself_o and_o all_o other_o concern_v in_o it_o to_o the_o enemy_n ix_o 8._o he_o be_v surrender_v according_o but_o the_o samnite_n will_v not_o receive_v he_o 10_o 11._o sp._n postumius_n one_o of_o the_o ambassador_n send_v to_o athens_n to_o bring_v thence_o solon_n law_n three_o 31._o l._n postumius_n megillus_n hold_v the_o comitia_fw-la as_o inter-regent_n declare_v himself_o consul_n xi_o 11._o set_v the_o soldier_n to_o work_v in_o his_o farm_n and_o for_o the_o same_o be_v condemn_v and_o fine_v 18._o l._n postumius_n the_o consul_n slay_v by_o the_o gaul_n by_o a_o stratagem_n xxiii_o 24._o potitii_fw-la twelve_o family_n of_o they_o extinct_a in_o one_o year_n ix_o 11._o prayer-day_n to_o the_o god_n and_o prisoner_n release_v on_o that_o occasion_n v._o 13._o five_o day_n public_a prayer_n appoint_v for_o annibal_n departure_n after_o sixteen_o year_n out_o of_o italy_n thirty_o 21._o in_o prayer_n the_o heart_n ought_v to_o go_v along_o with_o the_o word_n xl_o 46._o prenestian_n defeat_v at_o allia_n vi_fw-la 29._o praetor_n first_o create_v