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His early life
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128
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204.
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His Quæstorship
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129
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198.
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His Prætorship
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129
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195.
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His Consulship
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129
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Repeal of the Oppian Law
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130
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191.
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Cato serves in the battle of Thermopylæ
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130
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Prosecution of the two Scipios
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130
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Haughty conduct of Scipio Africanus
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130
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Condemnation of Scipio Asiaticus
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130
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Prosecution of Scipio Africanus
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130
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He leaves Rome
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131
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188.
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His death
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131
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Death of Hannibal
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132
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184.
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Censorship of Cato
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132
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He studies Greek in his old age
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132
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His character
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133
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CHAPTER XIX.
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THE THIRD MACEDONIAN, ACHÆAN, AND THIRD PUNIC WARS. B.C. 179–146.
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179.
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Death of Philip and accession of Perseus
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134
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172.
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Murder of Eumenes, king of Pergamus
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135
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171–168.
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THIRD MACEDONIAN WAR—
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168.
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Battle of Pydna
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135
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Defeat of Perseus by L. Æmilius Paullus
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135
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167.
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Æmilius Paullus punishes the Epirotes
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135
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His triumph
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135
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His domestic misfortunes
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136
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Haughty conduct of Rome in the East
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136
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Embassy to Antiochus Epiphanes
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136
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Treatment of Eumenes, king of Pergamus
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136
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Mean conduct of Prusias, king of Bythinia
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136
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Treatment of the Rhodians
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136
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167.
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One thousand Achæans sent to Italy
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136
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151.
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The survivors allowed to return to Greece
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137
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140.
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A pretender lays claim to the throne of Macedonia
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137
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He is defeated and taken prisoner
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137
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147–146.
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THE ACHÆAN WAR—
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146.
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Corinth taken by L. Mummius
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138
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Final conquest of Greece
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138
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Rome jealous of Carthage
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139
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Advice of Scipio
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139
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War between Masinissa and Carthage
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139
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Conduct of the Romans
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140
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149–146.
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THIRD PUNIC WAR—
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147.
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Scipio
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