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after_o which_o time_n the_o carthaginian_n raze_v the_o city_n to_o the_o ground_n which_o have_v continue_v ruin_v and_o in_o its_o rubbish_n to_o this_o day_n chap._n viii_o the_o lacedaemonian_n quarrel_n with_o the_o athenian_n for_o the_o dominion_n of_o the_o sea_n when_o dromoclides_n be_v archon_n of_o athens_n and_o marcus_n fabius_n and_o caius_n manlius_n 473._o olymp._n 76._o 2._o anno_fw-la mund._o 3497._o ant._n chr._n 473._o consul_n of_o rome_n the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v high_o concern_v for_o their_o loss_n of_o the_o sovereignty_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o therefore_o be_v great_o exasperate_v against_o the_o grecian_n who_o have_v desert_v they_o they_o breathe_v out_o revenge_n with_o just_a indignation_n against_o they_o a_o general_n council_n therefore_o be_v call_v they_o advise_v together_o concern_v war_n to_o be_v proclaim_v against_o the_o athenian_n in_o order_n to_o the_o recovery_n of_o their_o dominion_n at_o sea_n and_o in_o several_a other_o assembly_n of_o the_o people_n most_o of_o they_o especial_o the_o young_a man_n be_v very_o hot_a and_o eager_a for_o the_o war_n vaunt_v every_o where_n how_o rich_a they_o shall_v be_v if_o they_o succeed_v in_o their_o design_n and_o how_o all_o will_v be_v encourage_v in_o the_o service_n of_o their_o country_n when_o every_o private_a family_n have_v have_v such_o advantage_n and_o occasion_n to_o enrich_v and_o advance_v themselves_o and_o they_o call_v to_o mind_v a_o old_a prophecy_n from_o the_o oracle_n which_o bid_v they_o 268._o p._n 268._o beware_v of_o have_v but_o a_o half_a empire_n which_o can_v signify_v nothing_o else_o as_o they_o allege_v but_o the_o present_a circumstance_n they_o be_v in_o for_o be_v there_o be_v two_o sovereignty_n the_o one_o at_o land_n and_o the_o other_o at_o sea_n if_o they_o lose_v the_o one_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v master_n but_o of_o a_o lame_a government_n the_o whole_a city_n almost_o be_v of_o the_o opinion_n for_o a_o war_n the_o matter_n 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678_o r._n 759_o his_o victory_n 679_o r._n 760_o the_o great_a damage_n of_o his_o fleet_n at_o gaza_n 640_o r._n 711_o his_o war_n with_o the_o rhodian_o 690_o 691_o r._n 774_o 775_o a_o description_n of_o his_o engine_n helepolis_n 694_o r._n 779_o his_o war_n with_o cassander_n 699_o r._n 785_o his_o act_n in_o asia_n 704_o r._n 791_o demosthenes_n the_o athenian_a general_n his_o act_n 287_o 290_o 291_o r._n 317_o 321_o 322_o general_n in_o sicily_n 304_o r._n 336_o be_v take_v 308_o r._n 341_o put_v to_o death_n 314_o r._n 347_o demosthenes_n the_o orator_n 503_o 515._o r._n 539_o 554_o stir_v up_o the_o athenian_n against_o philip_n ibid._n his_o banishment_n 579_o r._n 634_o deucetius_n the_o sicilian_a general_n 254_o r._n 281_o build_v menaeus_fw-la his_o war_n with_o the_o agragentines_n and_o syracusian_n 353_o r._n 389_o build_v callatina_n 274_o r._n 302_o dimnus_n a_o plotter_n to_o kill_v alexander_n m._n kill_v by_o the_o king_n be_v own_o hand_n 554_o r._n 604_o diocles._n vid._n law_n diodorus_n the_o sicilian_a his_o history_n how_o many_o it_o comprehend_v from_o the_o ruin_n of_o troy_n to_o agathocles_n 607_o r._n 670_o and_o to_o the_o death_n of_o antigonus_n 657_o r._n 733_o diomedon_n the_o athenian_a general_n his_o speech_n when_o he_o be_v most_o unjust_o lead_v to_o execution_n 305_o r._n 386_o dion_n his_o preparation_n for_o war_n with_o dionysius_n 479_o 480_o 481_o r._n 512_o 513_o 515_o his_o fight_n with_o dionysius_n 482_o r._n 516_o his_o honour_n at_o syracuse_n 485_o r._n 520_o 521_o dionysius_n the_o tyrant_n of_o sicily_n his_o rise_n 344_o 345_o 346_o r._n 380_o 381_o 382_o declare_v himself_o monarch_n 347_o r._n 383_o his_o horseman_n rebel_v spoil_v the_o palace_n and_o abuse_v his_o wife_n 355_o r._n 392_o oppose_v by_o the_o syracusian_n 359_o r._n 398_o dissuade_v from_o abdicate_v the_o government_n 360_o r._n 399_o restore_v to_o his_o government_n in_o syracuse_n 361_o r._n 400_o wall_n epipole_n with_o wonderful_a dispatch_n 365_o 366_o r._n 404_o 405_o his_o prepartion_n for_o the_o war_n against_o the_o carthaginian_n 376_o 378_o r._n 418_o 420_o theodorus_n his_o speech_n against_o dionysius_n in_o his_o presence_n before_o the_o syracusian_a assembly_n 386_o r._n 431_o his_o attempt_n upon_o rhegium_n 397_o 400_o r._n 444_o 448_o a_o new_a war_n with_o the_o carthaginian_n 399_o r._n 446_o his_o poem_n explode_v at_o the_o olympic_a game_n 404_o r._n 452_o his_o cruelty_n to_o the_o rhegian_o 405_o r._n 453_o he_o sell_v plato_n 411_o r._n 461_o his_o other_o act_n 413_o 414_o 415_o 437_o r._n 464_o 465_o 466_o 493_o die_v of_o a_o surfeit_n 439_o 440_o r._n 495_o 496_o his_o letter_n to_o the_o sacrilegious_a athenian_n 504_o r._n 541_o dionysius_n the_o young_a his_o war_n with_o dion_n 481_o 532_o r._n 515_o 576_o be_v conquer_a ibid._n reign_v again_o in_o syracuse_n 509_o r._n 546_o abdicate_v the_o government_n and_o live_v a_o private_a life_n ibid._n dioxippus_n the_o athenian_a his_o famous_a victory_n in_o a_o duel_n over_o charogus_n the_o macedonian_a his_o sad_a misfortune_n and_o miserable_a death_n 566_o r._n 615_o drangina_n conquer_a by_o alexander_n m._n 554_o r._n 704_o the_o province_n of_o stasanor_n 574_o r._n 628_o duel_n between_o coragus_n the_o macedonian_a and_o dioxippus_n the_o athenian_a 566_o 568_o r._n 615_o 618_o of_o darius_n with_o cadusius_n e._n erygius_n combat_n with_o sartibarzenes_n 556_o r._n 606_o eumenes_n with_o neoptolemus_n 587_o r._n 644_o earthquake_n at_o sparta_n 244_o r._n 270_o at_o rhage_n 627_o r._n 695_o god_n the_o cause_n of_o earthquake_n 418_o r._n 48â—_n elean_n their_o commigration_n 243_o r._n 269_o their_o war_n with_o the_o lacedaemonian_n 365_o r._n 404_o with_o the_o arcadian_n and_o pisatae_n 440_o r._n 497_o join_v with_o the_o athenian_n in_o the_o
r._n 444_o 490_o 521_o his_o praise_n 516_o r._n 555_o issus_n the_o battle_n at_o issus_n by_o alexander_n m._n with_o the_o persian_n 535_o r._n 579_o judge_n in_o persia_n be_v flay_v alive_a 411_o 412_o r._n 462_o 463_o l._n lacedaemon_n the_o earthquake_n at_o sparta_n 244_o r._n 270_o take_v athens_n 353_o r._n 389_o their_o quarrel_n with_o the_o elean_n 365_o r._n 404_o assist_v cyrus_n against_o his_o brother_n ib._n 367_o r._n 405_o 407_o lose_v their_o dominion_n at_o sea_n 394_o r._n 441_o overcome_v by_o the_o athenian_n in_o a_o sea-fight_n at_o naxus_n 422_o r._n 475_o their_o war_n with_o the_o argive_n 493_o r._n 528_o lamia_n the_o story_n of_o lamia_n 674_o r._n 754_o lamia_n the_o beginning_n and_o cause_n of_o the_o lamian_a war_n 490_o 576_o r._n 525_o 631_o law_n law_n of_o charondas_n 267_o r._n 295_o of_o zeleucus_n 269_o r._n 298_o of_o diocles_n the_o syracusian_a and_o his_o tragical_a end_n 314_o r._n 347_o of_o the_o twelve_o table_n of_o rome_n 271_o 272_o r._n 300_o 301_o confirm_v by_o the_o death_n of_o the_o legislator_n 270_o 314_o r._n 290_o 347_o leonides_n the_o spartan_a general_n at_o thermopyle_n 217_o r._n 244_o his_o heroic_a death_n there_o 220_o r._n 247_o leosthines_n the_o athenian_a general_n in_o the_o lamian_a war_n 569_o r._n 621_o overcome_v antipater_n 579_o r._n 634_o his_o death_n and_o praise_v ibid._n lesbians_n subdue_v by_o the_o athenian_n 286_o r._n 315_o libanus_n a_o description_n of_o mount_n libanus_n 367_o r._n 407_o long_a life_n of_o democritus_n 362_o r._n 401_o lucanian_o their_o war_n with_o the_o thurian_o and_o remarkable_a victory_n 400_o r._n 448_o with_o dionysius_n the_o young_a 479_o r._n 512_o with_o the_o tarentines_n 701_o r._n 787_o lycaonia_n the_o situation_n 576_o r._n 630_o lydia_n the_o province_n of_o meleager_n 574_o r._n 628_o the_o situation_n 576_o r._n 630_o lysander_n the_o spartan_a general_n against_o the_o athenian_n 333_o r._n 368_o his_o victory_n over_o the_o athenian_n at_o aegos_n potamos_n 352_o r._n 388_o his_o death_n 393_o r._n 439_o lysimachus_n one_o of_o alexander_n m._n his_o commander_n thrace_n his_o province_n 574_o r._n 628_o relieve_v the_o rhodian_o with_o provision_n r._n 782_o assist_v cassander_n 702_o r._n 788_o stoop_v to_o antigonus_n ibid._n lysimachia_n build_v 667_o r._n 746_o m._n macedonian_n the_o parricide_n among_o the_o macedonian_a king_n 477_o r._n 510_o rout_n the_o greek_n at_o charonea_n 516_o r._n 555_o mago_n the_o carthaginian_a general_n fight_v with_o dionysius_n and_o be_v kill_v 414_o r._n 465_o mantinean_n overcome_v by_o the_o lacedaemonian_n 295_o r._n 326_o the_o city_n mantinaea_n besiege_v and_o take_v by_o the_o spartan_n 411_o 413_o r._n 460_o 464_o the_o battle_n with_o the_o tagean_n describe_v 445_o r._n 502_o 503_o their_o war_n with_o the_o megalopolites_n 449_o r._n 507_o marathon_n the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o persian_n there_o r._n 242_o marmarensians_n be_v besiege_v burn_v their_o house_n parent_n and_o friend_n 532_o r._n 576_o megalopolis_n build_v 439_o r._n 495_o their_o war_n with_o the_o mantinean_n 449_o r._n 507_o with_o the_o spartan_n 495_o r._n 530_o megara_n the_o act_n of_o the_o megarean_o 231_o 256_o 265_o r._n 258_o 283_o 293_o their_o sedition_n r._n 478_o mentor_n the_o rhodian_a betray_v the_o sidonian_n 496_o r._n 532_o his_o other_o act_n 500_o etc._n etc._n r._n 536_o etc._n etc._n mesopotamia_n the_o province_n of_o arcesilas_n 574_o r._n 628_o the_o situation_n 576_o r._n 630_o messenian_n their_o war_n with_o the_o spartan_n 248_o r._n 274_o be_v rout_v out_o of_o greece_n by_o the_o spartan_n 374_o r._n 415_o their_o increase_n in_o sicily_n 392_o r._n 438_o the_o city_n messina_n in_o sicily_n sack_v by_o the_o carthaginian_n 382_o 383_o r._n 426_o 427_o repair_v by_o dionysius_n 392_o r._n 437_o they_o assist_v dion_n 481_o r._n 515_o the_o city_n gain_v by_o agathocles_n 652_o r._n 726_o messina_n in_o peloponnesus_n rebuilt_a by_o epaminondas_n 435_o r._n 491_o meteor_n a_o astrological_a account_n of_o they_o 429_o r._n 483_o methon_n a_o city_n in_o thrace_n sack_v by_o philip_n 493_o r._n 528_o meton_n the_o circle_n of_o 19_o year_n call_v enneadeceterides_n 227_o r._n 305_o miletum_n their_o war_n with_o the_o samian_o 273_o r._n 301_o their_o bloody_a sedition_n 352_o r._n 388_o mitylene_n take_v by_o the_o athenian_n 285_o 286_o r._n 314_o 315_o their_o good_n sell_v ibid._n the_o port_n 340_o r._n 375_o motya_n a_o city_n of_o sicily_n r._n 359_o take_a by_o dionysius_n 373_o 379_o r._n 414_o 422_o recover_v by_o the_o carthaginian_n 382_o r._n 426_o munychia_n raze_v by_o demetrius_n 676_o r._n 756_o muse_n the_o game_n of_o the_o muse_n in_o macedonia_n 527_o r._n 570_o mycale_n a_o description_n of_o the_o battle_n at_o mycale_n 234_o r._n 261_o mycenae_n raze_v to_o the_o ground_n by_o the_o argive_n 249_o r._n 276_o n._n nabathaean_o arabian_n their_o law_n and_o manner_n 650_o r._n 722_o their_o war_n with_o demetrius_n 651_o r._n 724_o naxus_n raze_v by_o dionysius_n 480_o r._n 513_o nectanabus_n king_n of_o egypt_n his_o war_n with_o artaxerxes_n 425_o r._n 478_o nectanabus_n revolt_n from_o his_o father_n tachos_n king_n of_o egypt_n and_o be_v overcome_v by_o agesilaus_n 448_o r._n 506_o rebel_n against_o ochus_n 496_o r._n 531_o neptune_n the_o causer_n of_o all_o earthquake_n and_o inundation_n 429_o r._n 483_o priest_n drown_v in_o the_o sea_n offer_v to_o he_o 305_o r._n 377_o niceas_n the_o athenian_a general_n his_o act_n 485_o r._n 519_o his_o expedition_n into_o peloponnesus_n 290_o r._n 320_o his_o great_a misfortune_n and_o lamentable_a condition_n in_o sicily_n 307_o 308_o 311_o 312_o r._n 340_o 341_o 344_o 345_o be_v put_v to_o death_n 314_o r._n 347_o nicocles_n the_o cyprian_a the_o tragical_a end_n of_o he_o and_o his_o whole_a family_n 665_o r._n 743_o nicolaus_n the_o syracusian_a his_o brave_a speech_n for_o the_o save_v the_o athenian_a captive_n from_o be_v put_v to_o death_n 200_o r._n 241_o o._n ocean_n the_o wonder_v find_v in_o it_o 568_o 569_o r._n 618_o 619_o ochus_n king_n of_o persia_n succcee_v artaxerxes_n 448_o r._n 506_o his_o expedition_n against_o egypt_n 491_o r._n 531_o his_o act_n 498_o 534_o be_v destroy_v with_o his_o whole_a family_n 413_o r._n 564_o olympias_n the_o mother_n of_o alexander_n m._n 598_o r._n 658_o her_o return_n out_o of_o epirus_n into_o macedonia_n and_o cruelty_n towards_o archidoeus_n and_o eurydice_n and_o other_o 612_o r._n 676_o the_o terrible_a famine_n in_o the_o siege_n of_o pydna_n 621_o r._n 697_o her_o accusation_n and_o death_n 629_o 630_o r._n 698_o 699_o olympus_n the_o temple_n of_o jupiter_n olympus_n at_o agrigentum_n 340_o r._n 375_o another_z at_z syracuse_z 301_o 514_o r._n 333_o 553_o olynthian_o their_o war_n with_o amyntas_n king_n of_o macedon_n 416_o r._n 467_o demand_v their_o land_n again_o 397._o r._n 444_o war_n with_o the_o lacedaemonian_n 417_o r._n 468_o ophellas_n subdue_v the_o cyrenian_o 583_o r._n 639_o join_v with_o agathocles_n in_o africa_n 673_o r._n 753_o he_o with_o his_o auxiliary_n perfidious_o slay_v by_o agathocles_n 674_o r._n 754_o his_o cruelty_n ibid._n oracle_n of_o dodona_n 439_o r._n 495_o of_o hammon_n 543_o r._n 589_o oracle_n deliver_v to_o alexander_n m._n at_o hammon_n ibid._n to_o the_o clazomean_n and_o cumean_o concern_v leuca_n to_o dionysius_n of_o his_o death_n 440_o r._n 496_o to_o eumelus_n king_n of_o bosphoros_n of_o his_o death_n 667_o r._n 745_o to_o the_o helicenses_n 428_o r._n 482_o to_o the_o jonians_n ibid._n to_o the_o lacedaemonian_n of_o expiate_v the_o murder_n of_o pausanias_n 239_o r._n 266_o to_o the_o messinian_o in_o sicily_n 399_o r._n 447_o to_o philip_n before_o his_o death_n 517_o r._n 557_o to_o philomelus_n 489_o r._n 524_o to_o satyrus_n king_n of_o bosphorus_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o his_o death_n 667_o r._n 745_o to_o seleucus_n by_o the_o chaldaean_n 632_o 649_o r._n 701_o 720_o to_o the_o spartan_n of_o the_o victory_n of_o the_o theban_n 241_o 430_o r._n 268_o 485_o to_o the_o theban_n of_o the_o victory_n at_o leuctra_n of_o their_o ruin_n 524_o r._n 566_o to_o timoleon_n of_o his_o success_n in_o sicily_n from_o ceres_n 508_o r._n 545_o orchomenos_fw-mi raze_v by_o the_o theban_n 441_o r._n 498_o the_o theban_n their_o old_a enemy_n ibid._n ostracism_n the_o law_n and_o manner_n of_o it_o at_o athens_n 244_o r._n 270_o p._n pallica_n a_o city_n in_o sicily_n build_v by_o ducetius_n 261_o r._n 288_o it_o be_v growth_n and_o destruction_n ibid._n the_o strange_a boil_a pot_n call_v crater_n in_o the_o earth_n there_o ibid._n pamphilia_n the_o province_n of_o antigonus_n 574_o r._n 628_o the_o situation_n 576_o r._n 630_o paphlagonia_n with_o cappadocia_n 574_o 628_o the_o province_n of_o eumenes_n
among_o the_o argive_n what_o it_o be_v 432_o r._n 487_o sedition_n of_o the_o arcadian_n 433_o r._n 488_o of_o the_o argive_n ibid._n of_o alexander_n m._n his_o soldier_n 568_o r._n 620_o the_o most_o bloody_a sedition_n of_o the_o corcyrian_o 322_o r._n 355_o of_o the_o corinthian_n 424_o r._n 477_o of_o dionysius_n his_o horseman_n 355_o r._n 392_o of_o megarean_o 425_o r._n 478_o phialean_n 424_o r._n 477_o of_o the_o phliasian_o 425_o r._n 478_o against_o timoleon_n 513_o 514_o r._n 551_o 553_o of_o the_o syracusian_n 253_o r._n 280_o of_o the_o zacynthian_o 426_o r._n 480_o seleucus_n governor_n of_o the_o province_n of_o babylon_n so_o make_v by_o antipater_n 590_o r._n 648_o his_o act_n 613_o 632_o 634_o 635_o 646_o r._n 677_o 701_o 703_o 705_o 717_o recover_v babylon_n 649_o r._n 720_o wear_v a_o diadem_n 680_o r._n 761_o serpent_n the_o serpent_n of_o india_n the_o great_a and_o the_o most_o venomeus_n 562_o r._n 610_o of_o africa_n 674_o r._n 754_o sicilian_n their_o war_n with_o hannibal_n 339_o r._n 374_o with_o imilcar_n 341_o r._n 377_o with_o imilco_n 380_o r._n 423_o with_o hanno_n 312_o r._n 545_o with_o amilcar_n 654_o r._n 728_o assist_v dion_n 481_o r._n 515_o recover_v their_o liberty_n by_o the_o help_n of_o timoleon_n 511_o r._n 548_o sidonian_n their_o revolt_n from_o ochus_n king_n of_o persia_n 496_o 531_o be_v betray_v by_o mentor_n the_o rhodian_a 497_o etc._n etc._n r._n 532_o etc._n etc._n their_o miserable_a destruction_n 498_o r._n 533_o socrates_n his_o condemnation_n 374_o r._n 416_o sogdiana_n its_o situation_n 576_o r._n 630_o sophocles_n the_o athenian_a general_n in_o sicily_n 285_o r._n 314_o the_o wonderful_a death_n of_o the_o poet_n 351_o r._n 387_o his_o son_n likewise_o a_o tragic_a poet_n 382_o r._n 425_o soul_n the_o immortality_n 574_o r._n 627_o the_o cure_n of_o the_o soul_n more_o excellent_a than_o the_o body_n 268_o r._n 296_o spartan_n the_o praise_n of_o they_o that_o be_v kill_v at_o thermopyle_n â—â—0_o r._n 247_o sparta_n first_o besiege_v by_o the_o theban_n 435_o r._n 490_o speech_n gyiipus_n the_o lacedaemonian_a his_n severe_a speech_n against_o the_o athenian_a captive_n in_o sicily_n 312_o r._n 345_o nicolaus_n his_o brave_a speech_n to_o save_v their_o life_n 308_o etc._n etc._n r._n 341_o etc._n etc._n stratagem_n of_o the_o aegestine_n against_o the_o athenian_n of_o agathocles_n against_o the_o geloan_n 609_o 655_o r._n 672_o 729_o against_o the_o carthaginian_n 656_o 659_o 660_o 661_o 664_o 671_o 683_o r._n 730_o 735_o 736_o 738_o r._n 741_o 750_o 705_o against_o sosistratus_n 602_o r._n 672_o of_o alcibiades_n in_o persuade_v ducetius_n to_o to_o fortify_v sparta_n 303_o r._n 335_o of_o alexander_n m._n in_o burn_v his_o fleet_n 530_o r._n 573_o etc._n etc._n susa_n deliver_v up_o to_o alexander_n m._n 548_o r._n 596_o the_o situation_n 576_o r._n 630_o sybrarite_n sybaris_n raze_v by_o the_o crotoniat_n 266_o r._n 294_o repair_v 267_o r._n 295_o again_o erect_v 261_o 267_o 271_o r._n 288_o 295_o 300_o syracusian_n besiege_v by_o the_o athenian_n 302_o r._n 334_o overcome_v the_o athenian_n in_o several_a sea-fights_a 305_o r._n 337_o their_o cruelty_n upon_o the_o athenian_a captive_n 314_o r._n 347_o their_o many_o war_n with_o the_o carthaginian_n 319_o 320_o 339_o 341_o r._n 352_o 353_o 374_o 377_o with_o dionysius_n 359_o r._n 398_o they_o beat_v imilco_n in_o a_o sea-fight_n 385_o r._n 430_o how_o they_o be_v free_v from_o the_o tyranny_n of_o the_o dionysiate_n 481_o 510_o r._n 515_o 547_o dion_n receive_v ibid._n the_o city_n plunder_v by_o the_o dionysian_o 485_o r._n 520_o deliver_v from_o slavery_n by_o the_o assistance_n of_o the_o corinthian_n under_o timoleon_n 507_o 509_o 510_o r._n 544._o 546_o 547_o the_o city_n sad_o plunder_v by_o the_o soldier_n of_o agathocles_n 609_o r._n 673_o his_o cruel_a punishment_n of_o the_o citizen_n 687_o r._n 770_o and_o his_o butchery_n of_o the_o fugitive_n 693_o r._n 777_o syria_n the_o province_n of_o laomedon_n 574_o r._n 628_o the_o situation_n 576_o r._n 630_o subdue_v by_o ptolemy_n 592_o r._n 650_o t._n tarrentines_n their_o unfortunate_a war_n with_o the_o japygians_n 241_o r._n 268_o they_o help_v the_o sicilian_n against_o agathocles_n 640_o r._n 710_o antigonus_n against_o eumenes_n 620_o r._n 686_o their_o war_n with_o the_o lucanian_o 701_o r._n 787_o tauromenum_n when_o build_v 480_o r._n 513_o tegean_n their_o war_n with_o the_o mantinean_n 477_o r._n 510_o teribazus_n the_o persian_a governor_n of_o armenia_n allow_v quiet_a passage_n to_o the_o greek_n return_v out_o of_o persia_n 378_o r._n 411_o be_v accuse_v by_o orontes_n and_o acquit_v 411_o 412_o r._n 462_o 463_o thais_n the_o strumpet_n persuade_v alexander_n m._n to_o burn_v persepolis_n 511_o r._n 600_o thalestris_n the_o amazon_n queen_n come_v to_o alexander_n m._n to_o have_v issue_n by_o he_o 554_o r._n 603_o theban_n their_o war_n with_o the_o athenian_n 257_o 280_o 286_o 300_o r._n 284_o 308_o 319_o 322_o their_o citadel_n cadmea_n seize_v by_o the_o spartan_n against_o the_o league_n 417_o 421_o r._n 468_o 474_o they_o refuse_v to_o join_v in_o the_o general_n peace_n 424_o 429_o r._n 477_o 483_o their_o great_a war_n with_o the_o lacedaemonian_n ibid._n the_o prodigy_n that_o appear_v before_o the_o war_n ibid._n their_o victory_n at_o leuctra_n 407_o r._n 456_o their_o other_o act_n 408_o 434_o 436_o r._n 457_o 489_o 492_o their_o expedition_n into_o peloponnesus_n 437_o r._n 493_o another_o expedition_n into_o peloponnesus_n 440_o r._n 496_o some_o battle_n with_o the_o lacedaemonian_n 495_o r._n 530_o they_o raze_v phocis_n 496_o r._n 531_o their_o fight_n with_o the_o phocean_n 503_o r._n 539_o thebes_n garrison_v by_o philip_n and_o afterward_o drive_v out_o 516_o 521_o r._n 556_o 563_o rebel_n against_o alexander_n m._n 524_o 525_o r._n 566_o 567_o the_o miserable_a destruction_n of_o their_o city_n and_o inhabitant_n by_o alexander_n m_n 526_o 527_o r._n 568_o 569_o the_o city_n rebuilt_a by_o cassander_n 630_o r._n 699_o it_o be_v various_a change_n 631_o r._n 700_o themistocles_n the_o athenian_a general_n 216_o r._n 243_o his_o wise_a counsel_n at_o artemesium_fw-la and_o at_o salamis_n 222_o 223_o r._n 249_o 250_o his_o stratagem_n 224_o 225_o r._n 251_o 252_o his_o banishment_n 243_o r._n 269_o fly_n to_o xerxes_n 244_o r._n 270_o his_o last_o stratagem_n whereby_o he_o deceive_v xerxes_n 245_o r._n 271_o his_o death_n and_o praise_n 245_o 246_o r._n 271_o 272_o theodorus_n his_o brave_a speech_n to_o the_o syracusian_n to_o preserve_v their_o liberty_n 386_o r._n 431_o thermopyle_n defend_v brave_o by_o the_o greek_n against_o xerxes_n 217_o 219_o r._n 244_o 246_o thrace_n the_o province_n of_o lysimachus_n 574_o r._n 628_o they_o waste_v chersonesus_n 375_o r._n 417_o treacherous_a to_o the_o abderite_n 423_o r._n 476_o their_o war_n with_o lysimachus_n 640_o r._n 711_o thucydides_n where_o he_o begin_v and_o end_v his_o history_n 319_o 377_o r._n 306_o 352_o tigris_n the_o course_n of_o the_o river_n tigris_n 549_o r._n 597_o join_v with_o a_o bridge_n by_o antigonus_n 614_o r._n 680_o timoleon_n the_o corinthian_a general_n into_o sicily_n a_o short_a account_n of_o his_o act_n 507_o etc._n etc._n 513_o r._n 544_o etc._n etc._n 551_o cause_n peace_n and_o plenty_n all_o over_o sicily_n 513_o 514_o r._n 552_o 553_o his_o death_n and_o pompous_a funeral_n at_o syracuse_n 516_o r._n 556_o tissaphernes_n the_o persian_a general_n fight_v brave_o with_o cyrus_n 368_o r._n 408_o treacherous_o cut_v off_o the_o grecian_a commander_n 369_o r._n 410_o his_o war_n with_o agesilaus_n in_o the_o lesser_a asia_n 392_o r._n 438_o overcome_v by_o agesilaus_n 393_o r._n 439_o and_o afterward_o behead_v ibid._n tree_n tree_n distil_v of_o honey_n 553_o r._n 602_o tribune_n military_a tribune_n when_o first_o create_v at_o rome_n 251_o 271_o 272_o 277_o r._n 278_o 300_o 301_o 306_o tripoli_n a_o city_n in_o phoenicia_n 496_o r._n 531_o tunis_n take_v by_o agathocles_n 501_o r._n 737_o tyrant_n the_o thirty_o tyrant_n at_o athens_n 357_o 358_o etc._n etc._n r._n 395_o etc._n etc._n their_o cruelty_n ibid._n 372_o r._n ibid._n 413_o a_o tyrant_n distract_v every_o body_n 675_o r._n 755_o how_o tyrant_n be_v to_o be_v deal_v with_o 411_o r._n 461_o tyre_n besiege_v by_o alexander_n m._n 537_o etc._n etc._n r._n 583_o etc._n etc._n make_v a_o peninsula_n ibid._n be_v take_v 431_o r._n 486_o a_o ancient_a city_n be_v have_v be_v but_o then_o destroy_v 537_o r._n 583_o afterward_o rebuilt_a 541_o r._n 587_o v._n virginia_n kill_v by_o she_o own_o father_n at_o rome_n to_o prevent_v she_o be_v a_o slave_n to_o a_o villain_n that_o have_v swear_v she_o be_v his_o slave_n servant_n 271_o r._n 300_o virtue_n we_o hate_v when_o it_o be_v present_a but_o desire_v it_o earnest_o
when_o it_o be_v lose_v and_o take_v from_o we_o 221_o 566_o r._n 248_o 615_o utica_n the_o memorable_a siege_n and_o defence_n at_o utica_n in_o africa_n by_o agathocles_n 680_o r._n 761_o the_o captive_n of_o utica_n hang_v at_o the_o engine_n alive_a to_o be_v shoot_v at_o by_o the_o townsman_n ibid._n w._n wine-cellar_n the_o stately_a wine-cellar_n of_o gellias_n in_o agrigentum_n 341_o r._n 376_o x._o xenophon_n the_o historian_n where_o he_o begin_v and_o end_v his_o history_n 319_o 446_o r._n 352_o 504_o be_v create_v general_n over_o the_o greek_n that_o return_v out_o of_o persia_n 374_o r._n 416_o xerxes_n his_o expedition_n army_n etc._n etc._n into_o greece_n 213_o 216_o 218_o r._n 242_o 243_o 245_o the_o sea-fight_n at_o artemisium_n 222_o r._n 249_o the_o fight_n with_o leonidas_n at_o thermopylae_n 218_o 219_o r._n 245_o 246_o the_o sea-fight_n at_o salamis_n 224_o 225_o r._n 251_o 252_o his_o flight_n to_o ecbatana_n 234_o r._n 261_o be_v assassinate_v 258_o r._n 278_o z._n zacynthus_n the_o sedition_n and_o war_n at_o zacynthus_n 416_o r._n 480_o zaleucus_n his_o law_n at_o thurium_n in_o italy_n 270_o r._n 299_o a_o table_n of_o the_o eclogue_n or_o fragment_n note_v the_o letter_n b_o in_o the_o fragment_n stand_v for_o book_n and_o the_o letter_n e_o for_o eclogue_n or_o excerpt_v likewise_o the_o letter_n l_o stands_z for_o lib._n and_o the_o letter_n s_o for_o section_n the_o eclogue_n or_o fragment_n out_o of_o the_o first_o six_o book_n after_o the_o twenty_o of_o diodorus_n the_o sicilian_a a._n acra_n leuca_n build_v in_o spain_n by_o amilcar_n hannibal_n father_n book_n 25._o eclogue_n 2._o page_n 720_o aemilius_n the_o consul_n be_v the_o country_n of_o the_o celte_v gall_n b._n 25._o e._n 3._o ibid._n agathocles_n king_n of_o syracuse_n his_o act_n and_o death_n b._n 21._o e._n 2_o 3_o 4_o 8_o 11_o 12._o 709_o alexander_n the_o son_n of_o cassander_n murder_v by_o demetrius_n b._n 21._o e._n 7._o ibid._n amesalus_n raze_v by_o hiero_n b._n 22._o e._n 15._o 714_o amilcar_n his_o act_n in_o sicily_n against_o the_o roman_n b._n 23._o e._n 9_o 716_o his_o death_n b._n 25._o e._n 2._o 719_o antander_n the_o sicilian_a historian_n b._n 21._o e._n 12._o 710_o antigonus_n his_o death_n b._n 21._o e._n 1._o 709_o appius_n claudius_n his_o act_n in_o sicily_n b._n 23._o e._n 2._o 715_o arâ—s_n none_o can_v please_v all_o in_o any_o art_n b._n 26._o e._n 1._o 721_o asdrubal_n unsuccessful_a in_o sicily_n b._n 25._o e._n 2._o 719_o b._n barcas_fw-la the_o carthaginian_a general_n his_o act_n in_o sicily_n b._n 24._o e._n 2._o 719_o brennus_n the_o gall_n his_o inroad_n into_o macedonia_n the_o slaughter_n of_o his_o army_n and_o his_o death_n b._n 22._o e._n 13._o 713_o brutii_n they_o rout_n agathocles_n b._n 21._o e._n 3._o 709_o he_o waste_v their_o country_n e._n 8._o ibid._n cadmean_a victory_n what_o b._n 22._o e._n 4._o 712_o calatinus_n rout_n the_o carthaginian_n at_o sea_n b._n 24._o e._n 12._o 719_o cantharides_n blind_v the_o sight_n b._n 22._o e._n 2._o 712_o carthaginian_n their_o war_n with_o pyrrhus_n in_o sicily_n b._n 22._o e._n 11_o 14._o 712_o 713_o with_o the_o roman_n b._n 23._o 715_o overcome_v by_o appius_n claudius_n b._n 23._o e._n 4._o 715_o their_o war_n with_o their_o confederate_n b._n 25._o e._n 1._o 719_o carthalon_n his_o success_n in_o sicily_n against_o the_o roman_n b._n 24._o e._n 1._o 719_o celte_n rout_v in_o sicily_n through_o their_o intemperance_n b._n 23._o e._n 12._o 717_o slaughter_v in_o spain_n by_o amilcar_n b._n 25._o e._n 2._o 720_o cios_n the_o general_n of_o the_o mamertine_n rout_v by_o hiero_n kill_v himself_o b._n 22._o e._n 15._o 715_o covetousness_n the_o evil_a of_o it_o b._n 21._o e._n 1._o 709_o d._n demetrius_z his_o act_n b_o 21._o e_z 1_o 7_o 10_o 11._o 709_o 710_o decius_n his_o cru_n 〈…〉_o at_o rhegium_n his_o sight_n lose_v by_o a_o physician_n wilful_o by_o the_o use_n of_o cantharides_n b_o 22._o e_z 2._o 712_o e._n enna_n take_v by_o the_o roman_n b_o 23._o e_z 9_o 716_o eryx_n in_o sicily_n take_v by_o pyrrhus_n b_o 22._o e_z 14._o 713_o raze_v by_o the_o carthaginian_n b_o 22._o e_z 9_o 712_o f._n fabius_n the_o roman_a consul_n slaughter_n the_o hetruscan_o gall_n and_o samnite_n b_o 21._o e_z 6._o 702_o g._n gades_n b_o 25._o e_z 2._o 719_o gall_n their_o inroad_n into_o greece_n b_o 22._o e_z 13._o 713_o their_o miserable_a return_n ibid._n h._n hannibal_n his_o act_n in_o sicily_n b_o 22._o e_z 15._o 714_o hannibal_n son_n of_o amilcar_n choose_a general_n in_o spain_n by_o the_o army_n b_o 25._o e_z 5._o 720_o his_o take_n of_o sagunthum_fw-la b_o 25._o e_z 5._o ibid._n hanno_n his_o act_n in_o sicily_n b_o 23._o e_z 2._o 715_o hiero_n his_o act_n b_o 22._o e_z 15._o b_o 23._o e_z 2_o 4_o 5_o 12._o b_o 24._o e_z 1._o b_o 25._o e_z 4._o b_o 26._o e_z 6._o 714_o 715_o 718_o 720_o 721_o i._n indorte_n the_o general_n of_o the_o iberian_o take_v and_o kill_v by_o amilcar_n b_o 25._o e_z 2._o 720_o istolatius_n general_n of_o the_o celte_n take_v by_o amilcar_n b_o 26._o e_z 2._o ibid._n julius_n the_o consul_n be_v shipwreck_v b_o 24._o e_z 1._o 719_o l._n leontines_n receive_v pyrrhus_n 713_o lilybeurn_n in_o sicily_n besiege_v by_o pyrrhus_n b_o 22._o e_z 14._o ibid._n when_o build_v ibid._n besiege_a by_o the_o roman_n b_o 24._o e_z 1_o 3._o 718_o m._n maenon_n poison_v his_o master_n agathocles_n b_o 21._o e_z 12._o 710_o his_o other_o act_n b_o 21._o e_z 13._o 711_o mamertine_n their_o cruelty_n at_o messina_n b_o 21._o e_z 12._o ibid._n messina_n besiege_v by_o hiero_n and_o the_o carthaginian_n relieve_v by_o the_o roman_n b_o 22._o e_z 15._o 714_o n._n numidian_n rebel_a against_o the_o carthaginian_n be_v destroy_v by_o asdrubal_n b_o 25._o e_z 2._o 720_o o._n orissus_n king_n of_o the_o iberian_o rout_v by_o asdrubal_n 720_o p._n phintias_n prince_n of_o agragentum_n overcome_v of_o hicetas_n b_o 22._o e_z 2._o 712_o his_o dream_n of_o his_o end_n e_fw-la 5._o ibid._n ptolemeus_n ceraunus_n kill_v of_o the_o gall_n e_fw-la 3._o ibid._n pyrrhus_n his_o act_n in_o sicily_n e_z 10_o 11_o 14._o ibid._n r._n regulus_n the_o proconsul_n his_o success_n in_o africa_n b_o 23._o e_z 12._o 716_o rhodes_n tear_v by_o a_o earthquake_n roman_n their_o slaughter_v of_o the_o hetruscian_o gall_n etc._n etc._n b_o 21._o e_z 6._o 709_o their_o ancient_a shield_n and_o new_a b_o 23._o e_z 3._o 715_o their_o act_n in_o sicily_n b_o 23._o e_z 2._o ibid._n their_o shipwreck_n b_o 23._o e_z 12._o 719_o be_v beat_v at_o sea_n by_o cathalo_n b_o 24._o e_z 1._o 718_o s._n sagunthum_fw-la besiege_v b_o 25._o e_z 5._o 720_o their_o heroic_a act_n ibid._n the_o woman_n kill_v both_o themselves_o and_o their_o child_n ibid._n sicily_n the_o brave_a of_o island_n b_o 23._o e_z 1._o 715_o stilpo_n agathocles_n his_o general_n shipwrecked_a b_o 21._o e_z 8._o 709_o t._n thebes_n take_v by_o demetrius_n and_o demolish_v b_o 21._o e_z 10._o 710_o x._o xanthippus_n the_o spartan_a overcome_v regulus_n the_o roman_a general_n in_o africa_n b_o 23._o e_z 12._o 716_o the_o fragment_n out_o of_o the_o lose_a book_n of_o diodorus_n the_o sicilian_a gather_v by_o photius_n a._n alexander_n epiphanes_n king_n of_o syria_n murder_v by_o his_o subject_n book_n 32._o eclogue_n 1._o page_n 724_o antiochis_n queen_n of_o cappadocia_n cozen_v her_o husband_n with_o a_o supposititious_a birth_n b_o 31_o e_z 3._o 723_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n profane_v the_o temple_n at_o jerusalem_n b_o 34._o e_z 1._o 726_o antiochus_n eupator_n his_o war_n with_o the_o jew_n b_o 34._o e_z 1._o ibid._n ariamnes_n ii_o king_n of_o cappadocia_n his_o great_a love_n to_o his_o son_n and_o his_o son_n to_o he_o b_o 31._o e_z 3._o 723_o ariarathes_n i_o ii_o iii_o iu._n v._o vi_o king_n of_o cappadocia_n and_o the_o last_o a_o favourer_n of_o learning_n b_o 31._o e_z 3._o and_o the_o pedigree_n of_o those_o king_n ibid._n athenio_n the_o captain_n of_o the_o slave_n in_o sicily_n and_o that_o servile_a war_n b_o 36._o e_z 1._o 731_o b._n battaces_n the_o priest_n of_o cybele_n in_o phrygia_n come_v in_o a_o strange_a habit_n to_o rome_n b_o 36._o e_z 2._o 733_o bocchus_n king_n of_o africa_n overcome_v by_o marius_n b_o 36._o e_z 1._o 729_o c._n cadmus_n b_o 40._o e_z 1._o 736_o caesar_n his_o war_n with_o pompey_n b_o 37._o e_z 2._o 735_o his_o murder_n ibid._n callo_n a_o young_a wife_n afterward_o she_o become_v a_o man_n b_o 32._o e_z 1._o 724_o capadocia_n the_o genealogy_n of_o their_o king_n b_o 31._o e_z 3._o 722_o carthage_n height_n of_o its_o wall_n b_o 32._o e_z 2._o 725_o cattulus_n murder_n himself_o by_o the_o
which_o multitude_n be_v altogether_o ignorant_a of_o those_o who_o inhabit_v the_o inland_a part_n beyond_o marseilles_n beyond_o marseilles_n massylia_n and_o about_o the_o alps_o and_o on_o this_o side_n the_o pyrenean_n mountain_n be_v call_v celts_n but_o those_o that_o inhabit_v below_o this_o part_n call_v celtica_n southward_o to_o the_o ocean_n and_o the_o mountain_n hyrcinus_n and_o all_o as_o far_o to_o scythia_n be_v call_v gaul_n but_o the_o roman_n call_v all_o these_o people_n general_o by_o one_o and_o the_o same_o name_n gaul_n the_o woman_n here_o be_v both_o as_o tall_a and_o as_o courageous_a as_o the_o men._n the_o child_n for_o the_o most_o part_n from_o their_o very_a birth_n be_v gray-headed_a but_o when_o they_o grow_v up_o to_o man_n estate_n their_o hair_n change_v in_o colour_n like_o to_o their_o parent_n those_o towards_o the_o north_n and_o border_v upon_o scythia_n be_v so_o exceed_o fierce_a and_o cruel_a that_o as_o report_n go_v they_o eat_v man_n 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