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... + According to Polybius and Livy , his name was not Lucius but Marcus Minucius ; nor was he pitched upon by Fabius , but by the people . officers to order him to difinifs his litors and the 2 : A 2 FABIUS MAXIMUS . 55.
... + According to Polybius and Livy , his name was not Lucius but Marcus Minucius ; nor was he pitched upon by Fabius , but by the people . officers to order him to difinifs his litors and the 2 : A 2 FABIUS MAXIMUS . 55.
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Plutarch. officers to order him to difinifs his litors and the other en- figns of his employment , and to join him as a private man . Then beginning with an act of religion , which is the best of all beginnings , * and affuring the ...
Plutarch. officers to order him to difinifs his litors and the other en- figns of his employment , and to join him as a private man . Then beginning with an act of religion , which is the best of all beginnings , * and affuring the ...
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... officers of ftate , that retain their authority af- ter the appointing of a dictator . ) Metilius entreated , in- fifted that the people fhould not give up Minucius , to suffer * Others fay , that he loft five thousand of his men , and ...
... officers of ftate , that retain their authority af- ter the appointing of a dictator . ) Metilius entreated , in- fifted that the people fhould not give up Minucius , to suffer * Others fay , that he loft five thousand of his men , and ...
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Plutarch. began to fhrink ; and he looked firft upon one officer and then upon another , but not one of them durft ftand his ground ; they all betook themselves to flight , and the flight itself proved fatal . For the Numidians , now ...
Plutarch. began to fhrink ; and he looked firft upon one officer and then upon another , but not one of them durft ftand his ground ; they all betook themselves to flight , and the flight itself proved fatal . For the Numidians , now ...
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... officers of the felect troops caufed the two points of the wings to join behind the Romans . Thus they were expofed to the attacks of the Carthaginians on allfides ; an incred ible flaughter followed ; nor did any efcape but the few ...
... officers of the felect troops caufed the two points of the wings to join behind the Romans . Thus they were expofed to the attacks of the Carthaginians on allfides ; an incred ible flaughter followed ; nor did any efcape but the few ...
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