Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 275
... soldiers with him saluted the soldiers here as their patrons , the term employed by freedmen to those who gave them their liberty . After silence was obtained , Minucius said , " You have this day , O dictator , obtained two victories ...
... soldiers with him saluted the soldiers here as their patrons , the term employed by freedmen to those who gave them their liberty . After silence was obtained , Minucius said , " You have this day , O dictator , obtained two victories ...
Page 316
... soldiers who followed Alcibiades in this last fight were so exalted with their success , and felt that degree of pride , that , looking on themselves as invincible , they disdained to mix with the other soldiers , who had been often ...
... soldiers who followed Alcibiades in this last fight were so exalted with their success , and felt that degree of pride , that , looking on themselves as invincible , they disdained to mix with the other soldiers , who had been often ...
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... soldiers , who had cast a covetous eye on the treasures of Perseus , when they did not obtain as much as they thought they deserved , were secretly enraged and angry with Æmilius for this , but openly com- plained that he had been a ...
... soldiers , who had cast a covetous eye on the treasures of Perseus , when they did not obtain as much as they thought they deserved , were secretly enraged and angry with Æmilius for this , but openly com- plained that he had been a ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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