Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 470
... Marcellus was receiving that army , a number of Roman soldiers cast themselves at his feet , upon occasion of the following calamity . Of those that survived the battle at Cannæ , some had escaped by flight , and some were taken alive ...
... Marcellus was receiving that army , a number of Roman soldiers cast themselves at his feet , upon occasion of the following calamity . Of those that survived the battle at Cannæ , some had escaped by flight , and some were taken alive ...
Page 481
... Marcellus entered upon the opposite course , thinking that Italy would be destroyed by the very delay by which they looked to wear out Hannibal ; and that Fabius , who , adhering to his ... Marcellus from his conflict with Marcellus 481.
... Marcellus entered upon the opposite course , thinking that Italy would be destroyed by the very delay by which they looked to wear out Hannibal ; and that Fabius , who , adhering to his ... Marcellus from his conflict with Marcellus 481.
Page 487
... Marcellus so fell , and so lay unburied , by a certain fate . So Cornelius Nepos and Vaerius Maximus have left upon record : but Livy and Augustus Cæsar affirm ... Marcellus Compared 487 THE COMPARISON OF PELOPIDAS WITH MARCELLUS ARISTIDES.
... Marcellus so fell , and so lay unburied , by a certain fate . So Cornelius Nepos and Vaerius Maximus have left upon record : but Livy and Augustus Cæsar affirm ... Marcellus Compared 487 THE COMPARISON OF PELOPIDAS WITH MARCELLUS ARISTIDES.
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THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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