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his_o army_n ibid._n f._n his_o set_v forth_o and_o progress_n to_o the_o war_n 1146._o l._n he_o embattail_v 1149._o e._n discomfit_v the_o roman_n 1150_o i_o he_o brag_v of_o his_o victory_n 1151_o c_o invest_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o macedon_n he_o put_v to_o death_n his_o father_n friend_n antigonus_n 1095_o a_o perseus_n put_v to_o flight_n and_o vanquish_v by_o aemilius_n 1198_o g_o he_o yield_v to_o cn._n octavius_n &_o be_v bring_v before_o aemilius_n 1205_o a_o perseus_n cruel_a to_o cloak_n his_o own_o folly_n 1177_o a_o pestilence_n and_o mortality_n 1109_o c_o pestilence_n at_o syracuse_n 568_o i_o pestilence_n at_o rome_n 155_o b.230.b.387.e.109.b_fw-la 188.l_o peinted_a table_n in_o the_o temple_n of_o matuta_n 1115_o a_o petelines_n true_a to_o the_o roman_n 488_o g_o their_o city_n force_v by_o himilco_n ibid._n petelinus_n grove_n 279_o a_o law_n petilia_n and_o martia_n for_o choose_v colonel_n 335_o c_o q._n petilius_n slay_v 1107_o b_o phalangitae_n 967_o f_o phanias_n submit_v to_o acilius_n glabrio_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o aetolian_n 935._o b._n he_o obtain_v a_o cessation_n of_o arm_n ibid._n d._n k._n philip_n offer_v aid_n to_o the_o roman_n against_o antiochus_n 920_o m_o philomenes_n offer_v aid_n to_o they_o against_o antiochus_n ibid._n philip_n the_o megapolitane_a scoff_v at_o by_o king_n philip._n 927_o b_o k._n philip_n send_v a_o present_a to_o rome_n 939_o c_o he_o entertein_v the_o roman_a army_n 948_o l_o philip_n contract_v a_o league_n with_o the_o carthaginian_n 497_o d_o king_n philip_n discontent_v with_o the_o roman_n and_o proiect_v war_n 1037.d_o he_o be_v accuse_v by_o the_o state_n of_o greece_n in_o the_o diet_n hold_v at_o thermopilae_n 1038_o b_o he_o answer_v his_o accuser_n with_o complaint_n 1039_o b_o his_o defence_n against_o the_o complaint_n 1040_o k_o wherein_o he_o contest_v with_o the_o roman_n ibid._n philip_n cause_v the_o maronites_n to_o be_v massacre_v 1045_o a_o charge_v therewith_o by_o the_o roman_a ambassador_n ibid._n his_o excuse_n ibid._n philip_n complain_v of_o at_o rome_n and_o excuse_v by_o his_o son_n demetrius_n there_z ledger_z 1055_o d_o philip_n tyrannize_v 1061_o a_o his_o speech_n before_o his_o two_o son_n 1064_o i._n philip_n his_o communication_n with_o his_o son_n demetrius_n 1074_o g_o he_o mount_v up_o the_o hill_n aemus_n 1074_o k_o spoil_v his_o own_o confederates_n 1075_o a_o king_n philip_n surprise_v his_o camp_n by_o naevius_n crispus_n a_o roman_a captain_n 537_o c_o philip_n put_v to_o flight_n by_o t._n quintius_n the_o roman_a 816_o g_o he_o make_v havoc_n and_o spoil_n in_o thessaly_n ibid._n k_o philip_n assail_v athens_n 786_o a_o his_o valour_n ibid._n unhorse_v and_o in_o danger_n to_o be_v kill_v 796._o g._n cunning_o will_v catch_v the_o achaean_n 788._o he_o rase_v the_o temple_n of_o the_o god_n ibid._n m_o philip_n give_v to_o scoff_v 830_o k_o his_o oration_n in_o the_o parley_n between_o he_o and_o t._n quintius_n ibid._n l_o he_o &_o t._n quintius_n impar_o in_o secret_a together_o 831.d_o he_o send_v ambassador_n to_o rome_n 832_o i_o he_o make_v over_o argos_n upon_o trust_n to_o nabis_n 832_o l_o philippei_n aurei_fw-la 882_o k_o philip_n cast_v off_o perseus_n and_o purpose_v to_o make_v over_o the_o crown_n to_o antigonus_n his_o friend_n 1093.d_o he_o repent_v the_o murder_a of_o demetrius_n ibid._n he_o dicth_v ibid._n f_o philocles_n and_o apellos_n forge_v letter_n against_o demetrius_n 1075._o e._n philomenes_n send_v ambassador_n to_o rome_n 778_o g_o philopamen_n take_v prisoner_n by_o the_o messenian_n 1054_o i_o he_o be_v force_v by_o they_o to_o drink_v poison_n 1055_o d_o philopaeman_n praetor_n of_o the_o achaean_n his_v speech_n 902i_fw-la a_o good_a land-souldiour_n but_o no_o seaman_n ibid._n l._n discomfit_v the_o force_n of_o nabis_n 903._o c._n his_o singular_a dexterity_n in_o lead_v a_o army_n 904_o g_o he_o discomfit_v nabis_n ibid._n l_o phocaean_n at_o dissension_n 949_o c_o phocaea_n the_o site_n thereof_o 963_o a_o render_v to_o the_o roman_n by_o composition_n ibid._n e_o it_o not_o withstand_v ibid._n f_o pinarij_fw-la and_o potitij_fw-la first_fw-mi erect_v 7_o b_o piscina_fw-la publica_fw-la 496_o i_o pisistratus_n detect_v for_o murder_a barcillas_n 841._o b._n put_v to_o death_n ibid._n play_n grow_v to_o be_v chargeable_a at_o rome_n 1088_o g_o pleminius_n kill_v in_o prison_n 879_o a_o pleminius_n captain_n of_o the_o garrison_n at_o locri_n his_o outrage_n commit_v upon_o the_o townsman_n he_o rob_v proserpinas_n treasure_n 715._o c._n mangle_a by_o the_o soldier_n 716_o g_o his_o cruelty_n against_o the_o tribune_n marshal_v ibid._n b_o he_o with_o other_o send_v bind_v to_o rome_n 726_o i_o paetelia_n law_n ambitu_fw-la 259_o e_o poetilius_n the_o consul_n triumph_v 256_o k_o poison_v detect_v 1250_o k_o poison_v practise_v in_o rome_n and_o detect_v 295_o i_o polineus_fw-la his_o oration_n to_o the_o syracusian_n 523_o d_o politorium_n destroy_v and_o vase_v 24_o m._n polyxenidas_n counsel_v antiochus_n to_o a_o naval_a fight_n with_o the_o roman_n 942._o l._n he_o be_v put_v to_o flight_n at_o sea_n by_o livius_n and_o eumenes_n 943_o e_o polyxenidas_n admiral_n of_o antiochus_n his_o plot_n against_o pausistratus_n 499.f_o he_o lie_v in_o wait_n for_o the_o roman_a fleet_n 960_o m_o pomerie_n what_o it_o be_v 31_o d_o m._n popilius_n laenas_n deal_v cruel_o with_o the_o ligurian_n 1120_o g_o he_o be_v check_v of_o the_o senate_n for_o it_o ibid._n h_o l._n pomponius_n a_o veicntane_n defeat_v by_o hanno_n 544_o m_o a_o false_a bailie_n or_o farmer_n ibid._n a_o pomplina_fw-la and_o publica_n tribe_n 259_o e_fw-la pontifex_fw-la maximus_fw-la 645_o e_fw-la pontifices_fw-la minores_fw-la 467_o b_o herennius_n pontius_n his_o wisdom_n 513_o f_o c._n pontius_n his_o oration_n to_o the_o samnite_n in_o his_o expedition_n against_o the_o roman_n 312._o h._n his_o stratagem_n ibid._n l_o m._n popilius_n laenas_n a_o commoner_n consul_n triumph_v 265_o e_o m._n portius_n cato_n against_o the_o bravery_n of_o woman_n 853_o b_o his_o policy_n 861_o d_o m._n po._n cato_n his_o praise_n 1217_o f_o porsena_n besiege_v rome_n 49_o e_o law_n portia_n 357_o a_o portia_n basilica_n build_v 1052_o b_o m._n posthumius_fw-la fine_v 165_o e_fw-la posthumius_fw-la consul_n triumph_v against_o the_o will_n of_o the_o senate_n 379_o g_o l._n posthumius_fw-la his_o army_n slay_v by_o the_o gaul_n 490_o k_o spu._n posthumius_fw-la his_o oration_n in_o the_o senate_n of_o rome_n after_o the_o unfortunate_a iosanie_fw-la at_o caudium_n 317.d_o he_o be_v deliver_v bind_v to_o the_o samnite_n by_o the_o faciall_a her_o ault_n 319.f_o posthumius_fw-la declare_v the_o abuse_n of_o the_o bacchanales_fw-la to_o the_o senate_n 1031._o c._n his_o oration_n to_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n 1032_o g_o prenestine_n cruelty_n 232_o k_o they_o invade_v the_o territory_n of_o rome_n
237._o a._n defeat_v by_o the_o roman_n ibid._n praenestine_n treacherous_o surprise_v and_o massacre_v the_o casilines_n 485_o d_o pretour_n at_o rome_n choose_v six_o 827_o a_o pretour_n first_o of_o commons_o 292_o l_o pretour_n two_o first_o create_v at_o rome_n 391_o d_o pretour_n first_o choose_v at_o rome_n 249_o e_o chief_a praetor_n who_o he_o be_v 251_o c_o praetorium_n 321_o d_o pretorium_fw-la what_o it_o be_v 274_o l_o praetextati_fw-la 467_o d_o a_o present_a for_o apollo_n send_v to_o delphi_n 198_o l_o the_o gate_n principalis_fw-la dextra_fw-la 152_o i_o martius_n a_o brave_a soldier_n his_o speech_n to_o his_o soldier_n 577_o e_o he_o vanquisheth_z the_o carthaginian_n and_o force_v 579_o d_o principalis_fw-la via_fw-la in_o castris_fw-la 375_o d_o principes_fw-la 286_o i_o principia_fw-la 686_o i_o privernates_n enfranchise_v roman_n their_o free_a speech_n to_o the_o senate_n 296_o k_o proclaim_v war_n in_o what_o form_n 24_o b_o a_o pro-dictatour_a choose_v at_o rome_n 437_o a_o prodigy_n 419._o c._n 428._o l._n 431._o d._n 454_o k._n 496_o g._n 515.d_o 539.d_o 550_o k_o 601_o a.e_n 628._o k._n 631._o a._n 656_o g_o 646_o a_o 675_o c_o 719_o b_o 740_o m_o 767.d_o 780_o i_o 809.f_o 814_o g_o 827._o e._n 839._o e._n 879_o b_o 893_o b_o 900_o i_o prodigy_n 939.f_o 946._o b._n 1036_o k_o 1053_o a_o 1059_o b_o 1060_o i_o 1072_o a_o prodigy_n be_v to_o be_v regard_v 1163_o d_o prodigy_n 1101.d_o 1103_o e_o 1109_o e_o 1116_o m_o 1127_o a_o 1211_o c_o prophesy_v of_o sibylla_n 716_o l_o prophecy_n of_o the_o destruction_n of_o veij_fw-la 190_o l_o proserpinas_n treasure_n rob_v at_o locri._n 780_o b_o proxenus_n poison_v by_o his_o own_o wife_n 1113_o e_fw-la province_n charge_v with_o pretour_n expense_n 1116_o k_o prytanis_n the_o sovereign_a magistrate_n of_o the_o rhodian_n 1141.d_o prusias_n a_o mediator_n between_o rome_n and_o perseus_n his_o oration_n 1179_o c_o prusias_n solicit_v at_o one_o time_n by_o the_o roman_n &_o king_n antiochus_n 959_o a_o king_n prusias_n come_v to_o rome_n 1232_o b_o his_o unprincelike_a behaviour_n 1233_o b_o publican_n supply_v the_o need_n of_o the_o city_n 507_o c._n d_o publicola_n the_o surname_n of_o valerius_n 49_o b_o publicus_n clivus_o 757_o d_o leges_fw-la publica_n 290_o k_o pudicitia_n patritia_fw-la and_o pudicitia_n plebeia_fw-la 397_o d_o pullarius_n 381_o e_o punic_a war_n begin_v 395_o e_fw-la first_o punic_a war_n end_v by_o lucius_n luctatius_n 391_o d_o pyra_n 936_o i_o pylaicum_fw-la consilium_fw-la 844_o k_o pythagoras_n his_o policy_n to_o save_v lacedaemon_n 876_o l_o pyrrhus_n escape_v poison_v 389_o e_o q_o qvadrigate_n piece_n 464_o i_o quarta_fw-la hostilia_n suspect_v to_o have_v poison_v she_o own_o husband_n c._n calpurnius_n consul_n 1083_o e_fw-la quastoria_fw-la porta_fw-la 880_o g_o quaestorium_fw-la 375_o e_o quies_n temple_n 165_o d_o quintia_n prata_fw-la 105_o f_o quinquatrus_n 604_o k_o 1182_o l_o quinqueviri_n mensarij_fw-la 263_o d_o quinquevirs_n for_o division_n of_o land_n 232_o g_o quinquevirs_n create_v 550_o i.1031.f_n d._n quintius_n slay_v in_o sea-fight_n by_o perro_n a_o tarentine_n 614_o i_o l._n quintius_n cincinnatus_n nominate_v dictatour_n of_o rome_n 105.f_o his_o praise_n 147._o a._n find_v busy_a in_o husbandry_n and_o honourable_o receive_v into_o the_o city_n 106_o h_o his_o valour_n victory_n and_o triumph_n 107_o c_o his_o conquest_n 238_o g_o t._n quintius_n his_o oration_n in_o the_o counsel_n of_o corinth_n 880_o m_o t._n quintius_n cincinnatus_n make_v captain_n of_o the_o rebel_n against_o his_o will_n 227_o d_o t._n quintius_n flaminius_n his_o oration_n in_o the_o counsel_n of_o corinth_n 866_o i_o invade_v phocis_n 819_o f._n his_o preparative_n against_o argos_n 868_o k_o lay_v siege_n to_o elatia_n 820_o g_o his_o oration_n to_o the_o tyrant_n nabis_n 827_o h_o his_o policy_n 874_o g_o he_o tender_v condition_n of_o peace_n to_o nabis_n ibid._n b_o t._n quintius_n his_o sage_a counsel_n to_o the_o state_n of_o greece_n 880_o m_o his_o speech_n to_o diophanes_n &_o the_o achaean_n 397_o c_o his_o courtesy_n to_o the_o achaean_n besiege_v in_o naupactu_fw-la 938.l_o he_o reform_v the_o state_n of_o thessaly_n 882_o g_o he_o ride_v in_o triumph_n ibid._n ay_o his_o answer_n to_o menippus_n oration_n 885_o a_o his_o answer_n to_o hegesianax_n ibid._n d_o he_o besiege_v rhage_n 818_o m_o the_o garrison_n repulse_v he_o 819_o a_o t._n quintius_n flaminius_n call_v in_o question_n by_o the_o censor_n for_o his_o loose_a life_n and_o cruelty_n 1051_o b_o t._n quintius_n crispinus_n die_v of_o his_o hurt_n 655_o e_o quirinus_n his_o temple_n 386_o m_o quirite_n 10_o m.115_n d_o r_o rain_n of_o earth_n 374_o k_o ramnius_n inform_v against_o king_n perseus_n 1125_o c_o regilia_n battle_n 37_o b_o religion_n regard_v before_o matter_n of_o state_n 438_o k_o religion_n much_o corrupt_v at_o rome_n 545_o b_o report_n out_o of_o macedon_n 1182_o l_o rhamnenses_n 27_o a_o rhea_n sylvia_n a_o vestal_a virgin_n 4.l_o mother_n to_o romulus_n and_o rhemus_n ibid._n rhegine_v true_a to_o the_o roman_n 494_o l_o rhemus_n and_o romulus_n bear_v 4._o m._n foundling_n 5_o b_o rhemus_n slay_v 6_o ay_o rome_n found_v ibid._n romulus_n defeit_v the_o ceninians_n 9_o a_o erect_v the_o temple_n of_o jupiter_n feretrius_n ibid._n b._n offer_v royal_a spoil_n ibid._n discomfit_v the_o antemnate_n 9_o c_o win_v fidena_n 11_o e_z discomfit_v the_o veientian_n 12_o g_o canonize_a a_o god_n 12_o i_o rhisiolus_fw-la threaten_v to_o kill_v his_o son_n memnon_n in_o the_o achaean_n counsel_n 823_o e_o rhodian_n in_o proud_a term_n deal_v for_o pacification_n between_o perseus_n and_o roman_n 1129_o d_o rhodian_a ambassador_n oration_n in_o the_o senate_n of_o rome_n 1214.l_o they_o be_v sollicity_v by_o king_n perseus_n to_o revolt_v from_o the_o roman_n 1142_o g_o rhodian_a ambassador_n oration_n in_o the_o senate_n of_o rome_n 977_o c_o rhodian_n put_v the_o macedonian_n to_o flight_n 835_o 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