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... Carthage fell and he celebrated a triumph , at which his inherited cognomen " Africanus " was awarded for his own merits . He was again called to active duty to rescue languishing efforts in Spain and reduced Numantia in 133 , for which ...
... Carthage fell and he celebrated a triumph , at which his inherited cognomen " Africanus " was awarded for his own merits . He was again called to active duty to rescue languishing efforts in Spain and reduced Numantia in 133 , for which ...
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... Carthage . He established a faction in Carthaginian politics , the expulsion of which was one cause of the third Punic war ( 149-146 ) . He was not eager to have the Romans destroy Carthage and refused to aid them at first , but died ...
... Carthage . He established a faction in Carthaginian politics , the expulsion of which was one cause of the third Punic war ( 149-146 ) . He was not eager to have the Romans destroy Carthage and refused to aid them at first , but died ...
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... Carthage " down from " his lofty position ( OLD de 2b ) ; that is , he resides in the Milky Way . In the course of the dream , Aemilianus rises in position and comprehension until he shares that lofty view ( see on 16.12 ex quo , and ...
... Carthage " down from " his lofty position ( OLD de 2b ) ; that is , he resides in the Milky Way . In the course of the dream , Aemilianus rises in position and comprehension until he shares that lofty view ( see on 16.12 ex quo , and ...
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ablative absolute adjective adverb Aemilius Paulus Aeneid alte spectare animi animus antecedent asyndeton atque autem Burkert caelum Carthage Cicero coetum cognomen complexus complexus...collacrimavit connecting relative consul cuius dative deorum deus dialogue dicitur divine domum Dream of Scipio earth earthly eius eminebit foras enim Ennius ex quo genitive Gracchan grandfather Greek habeto hanc heaven heavenly hominum hunc illum immortal indirect statement inquit ipsum Laelius locum Macrobius Masinissa mihi modifies motus multam Myth of Er natura nihil nominative noun Numantia Numidia numquam omnia orbit participle patria person singular Phaedo planets Plato's political potest predicate principium publica quae quam quibus quid quin quod relative clause Roman Rome Scipio Aemilianus Scipio Africanus scitis Somnium Scipionis somno soul spheres Stoic subjunctive sunt tamen templum terra terris Tiberius Gracchus tibi Timaeus translated Tusculan Disputations universe verb Vergil vero vides virtue vobis world-soul Zetzel