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... father . Manius Acilius Glabrio tri- umphed over Antiochus , whom he had driven out of Greece , and over the Etolians . Antiochus being subsequently conquered by Lucius Cornelius Scipio , with the aid of Eumenes , son of Attalus , and ...
... father . Manius Acilius Glabrio tri- umphed over Antiochus , whom he had driven out of Greece , and over the Etolians . Antiochus being subsequently conquered by Lucius Cornelius Scipio , with the aid of Eumenes , son of Attalus , and ...
Page 1681
... father's kingdom , but had put him in possession of that of Syphax , by whom he had been for- merly dethroned : so that he was , at the present , not only by far the most powerful of all the kings in Africa , but equal , both in dignity ...
... father's kingdom , but had put him in possession of that of Syphax , by whom he had been for- merly dethroned : so that he was , at the present , not only by far the most powerful of all the kings in Africa , but equal , both in dignity ...
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... father , so was the satisfaction which it gave no less salutary to his body . At length , being sated with the em- braces of his son , he said to the ambassadors , " Tell the king that I return him thanks ; that at present I Y. B. 562 ...
... father , so was the satisfaction which it gave no less salutary to his body . At length , being sated with the em- braces of his son , he said to the ambassadors , " Tell the king that I return him thanks ; that at present I Y. B. 562 ...
Page 1710
... fathers , I should have persevered in being silent , but that I knew you would presently call in the Rhodian ... father ; who , of all the inhabitants of Asia and Greece , was the first who embraced your friendship ; and this he ...
... fathers , I should have persevered in being silent , but that I knew you would presently call in the Rhodian ... father ; who , of all the inhabitants of Asia and Greece , was the first who embraced your friendship ; and this he ...
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... father , but by adding to his domain the most opulent part of the kingdom of Syphax , rendered him the most potent of all the kings in Africa . What reward then , and what honour are we worthy of at your hands , who have never been foes ...
... father , but by adding to his domain the most opulent part of the kingdom of Syphax , rendered him the most potent of all the kings in Africa . What reward then , and what honour are we worthy of at your hands , who have never been foes ...
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