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... carried the narration down to tho quarrels of Octavianus and Marcus Antonius , which ended in the defeat of Antonius in the battle of Actium , B.C. 31 , and his death in Egypt , B.C. 30. The victory over Antonius placed all the power in ...
... carried the narration down to tho quarrels of Octavianus and Marcus Antonius , which ended in the defeat of Antonius in the battle of Actium , B.C. 31 , and his death in Egypt , B.C. 30. The victory over Antonius placed all the power in ...
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... carried off women by violence , and neither of them escaped domestic misfortune and retribution , but towards the end if we may put any trust in the least extravagant writings of their lives both were at variance with their countrymen ...
... carried off women by violence , and neither of them escaped domestic misfortune and retribution , but towards the end if we may put any trust in the least extravagant writings of their lives both were at variance with their countrymen ...
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... carried on brigandage at Krommyon , and was called a sow from her life and habits , and that Theseus put her to death . X. Before coming to Megara he slew Skeiron by flinging him down a precipico into the sea , so the story runs ...
... carried on brigandage at Krommyon , and was called a sow from her life and habits , and that Theseus put her to death . X. Before coming to Megara he slew Skeiron by flinging him down a precipico into the sea , so the story runs ...
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... carrying out his decrees . XVII . So when the time of the third payment of the tribute arrived , and those fathers who had sons not yet grown up had to submit to draw lots , the unhappy people began to revilo geus , complaining that he ...
... carrying out his decrees . XVII . So when the time of the third payment of the tribute arrived , and those fathers who had sons not yet grown up had to submit to draw lots , the unhappy people began to revilo geus , complaining that he ...
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... carried off by Theseus , and came to Naxos after he deserted her ; and a nurso called Korkyne came with her , whose tomb they point out . Then Naxians also says that this Ariadno died there , and is honoured , but not so much as the ...
... carried off by Theseus , and came to Naxos after he deserted her ; and a nurso called Korkyne came with her , whose tomb they point out . Then Naxians also says that this Ariadno died there , and is honoured , but not so much as the ...
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