the East
126
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Debasement of the Roman character
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126
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192.
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Infamous conduct of L. Flamininus
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127
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193.
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Worship of Bacchus
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127
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Gladiatorial exhibitions
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127
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Rise of the new nobility
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127
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191.
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Law against bribery
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127
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Decay of the peasant proprietors
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128
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M. Porcius Cato
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128
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234.
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His birth
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128
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His early life
|
128
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204.
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His Quæstorship
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129
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198.
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His Prætorship
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129
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195.
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His Consulship
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129
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Repeal of the Oppian Law
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130
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191.
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Cato serves in the battle of Thermopylæ
|
130
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|
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Prosecution of the two Scipios
|
130
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|
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Haughty conduct of Scipio Africanus
|
130
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|
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Condemnation of Scipio Asiaticus
|
130
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|
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Prosecution of Scipio Africanus
|
130
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|
|
He leaves Rome
|
131
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188.
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His death
|
131
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|
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Death of Hannibal
|
132
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184.
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Censorship of Cato
|
132
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He studies Greek in his old age
|
132
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|
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His character
|
133
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CHAPTER XIX.
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THE THIRD MACEDONIAN, ACHÆAN, AND THIRD PUNIC WARS. B.C. 179–146.
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179.
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Death of Philip and accession of Perseus
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134
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|
172.
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Murder of Eumenes, king of Pergamus
|
135
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171–168.
|
THIRD MACEDONIAN WAR—
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168.
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Battle of Pydna
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135
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|
|
Defeat of Perseus by L. Æmilius Paullus
|
135
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|
167.
|
Æmilius Paullus punishes the Epirotes
|
135
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|
|
His triumph
|
135
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|
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His domestic misfortunes
|
136
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|
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Haughty conduct of Rome in the East
|
136
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|
|
Embassy to Antiochus Epiphanes
|
136
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|
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Treatment of Eumenes, king of Pergamus
|
136
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|
|
Mean conduct of Prusias, king of Bythinia
|
136
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|
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Treatment of the Rhodians
|
136
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|
167.
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One thousand Achæans sent to Italy
|
136
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151.
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The survivors allowed to return to Greece
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137
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