Plutarch's Lives, Količina 4T. Longman, 1795 |
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Achæans affembled affiftance Afia againſt Agefilaus Agis Alexander alfo anfwered Antigonus Antipater Aratus army Athenians barbarians battle becauſe Cæfar Cato Cato's caufe Cicero Cleombrotus Cleomenes Clitus command confequence confiderable confidered confulfhip Craterus Darius defign defired enemy ephori facrifice faid fame feems fenate fent ferved fervice fhewed fhip fhould fide firft flain foldiers fome foon fpirit friends ftate ftill fuccefs fuch fuffer fupport fword Gaul gave Greeks hand himſelf honour horfe horſe houfe houſe intereft king Lacedæmonians laft leaft Leotychidas Lucullus Lycurgus Lyfander Macedonians mafter manner meaſures Metellus moft moſt obferved occafion oppofed ordered paffage paffed Perfian perfon perfuaded Pharnabazus Philotas Phocion pleaſure Plutarch Pompey Pompey's prætor prefent prifoners propofed Ptolemy purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect reft Romans Rome ſaid Scipio Sparta Spithridates Sylla Thebans thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand took troops uſed whofe
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