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... hope in the mercy of the senate than in their cause , acted suppliantly , weighing their by - gone services against their recent misconduct . But when present , they were importuned by questions of the senators 59 1 ...
... hope in the mercy of the senate than in their cause , acted suppliantly , weighing their by - gone services against their recent misconduct . But when present , they were importuned by questions of the senators 59 1 ...
Page 1659
... cause there was a report that Antiochus , since the engagement at sea , was fitting out a much larger fleet . The Etolians , after the ambassadors brought back word from Rome that there was no hope of peace , although their whole sea ...
... cause there was a report that Antiochus , since the engagement at sea , was fitting out a much larger fleet . The Etolians , after the ambassadors brought back word from Rome that there was no hope of peace , although their whole sea ...
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... cause than their faithful attachment to the Romans ; and those who remained in the place were held in subjection by the same force by which they had been ex- pelled . The wish of the people of Jassus was one , to escape from a state of ...
... cause than their faithful attachment to the Romans ; and those who remained in the place were held in subjection by the same force by which they had been ex- pelled . The wish of the people of Jassus was one , to escape from a state of ...
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... cause of their preservation when they were surrounded at Panormus , proved here the principal means of victory . For when the king's ships , through fear of the fire , had turned aside , in order to avoid at the same time encountering ...
... cause of their preservation when they were surrounded at Panormus , proved here the principal means of victory . For when the king's ships , through fear of the fire , had turned aside , in order to avoid at the same time encountering ...
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... cause of real loss . For the auxiliaries in reserve , which were posted next , being terrified at the turn and disorder of the chariots , betook them- selves to flight , leaving all exposed as far as the post of the mailed horsemen ; to ...
... cause of real loss . For the auxiliaries in reserve , which were posted next , being terrified at the turn and disorder of the chariots , betook them- selves to flight , leaving all exposed as far as the post of the mailed horsemen ; to ...
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