Battle between Hannibal and the Scipios: the Roman forces flee from Hannibal's Numidian troops and the young Scipio defends his father with help of his bodyguards

Scipio, Chapter 1

1500 (c.)

Assault of Cartagena (New-Carthage) after a short siege by Scipio Africanus Major

Scipio, Chapter 6

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Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major and his brother Lucius Cornelius Asiaticus taking the city of Orongis

Scipio, Chapter 11

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Scipio Africanus Major and Hasdrubal before Syphax, King of the Western Numidians

Scipio, Chapter 13

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Duel between the brothers (or cousins?) Corbie and Orsua for the dominion of a city, in the presence of Scipio

Scipio, Chapter 14

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Scipio orders the beheading of the rebels of Cartagena

Scipio, Chapter 16

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Scipio extends mercy to Mandonius and Indibilis, Spanish chieftains

Scipio, Chapter 17

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Scipio leaves the pro-praetors Lucius Lentulus and Lucius Manlius Acidinus in Spain to protect the province, while he returns to Rome

Scipio, Chapter 20

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Battle between Scipio and Syphax, King of the Western Numidians

Scipio, Chapter 26

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Scipio accepting to initiate a dialogue with Symphax, sends envoys to the Numidian camp; the envoys reporting to Scipio that the Symphax's camp is poorly defended

Scipio, Chapter 29

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Scipio's soldiers, commanded by Masinissa and Laelius, invade and set fire to the wooden and thatched huts in the camp of Syphax's Numidians

Scipio, Chapter 30

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Syphax arrested and led before Scipio

Scipio, Chapter 32

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Scipio sends Laelius and Masinissa at the head of the troops to pursue the fleeing Syphax (background scene)

Scipio, Chapter 32

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Battle between Hannibal and Scipio

Scipio, Chapter 36

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Triumphant entry of Scipio after the victory over Carthage

Scipio, Chapter 41

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Scipio receiving the surname Africanus and becoming consul

Scipio, Chapter 42

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The son of Scipio, taken captive by Antiochus III, king of Syria, is restored to his father

Scipio, Chapter 47

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Battle between Lucius Scipio and Antiochus III, king of Syria

Scipio, Chapter 48

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Scipio falsely accused by Quintus Petilius and Cato the Elder; the escape of Scipio: the assembled crowd leaves the Forum and follows Scipio (background)

Scipio, Chapter 50

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Scipio accused again; his brother Lucius gives the accounts of Scipio to his accusers

Scipio, Chapter 52

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Lucius Scipio being dragged to prison after being judged guilty of corruption by the tribunal of Terentius Culeo

Scipio, Chapter 53

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The death of Scipio: he died in his retreat and his wife Aemilia ordered his statue to be placed upon the tomb

Scipio, Chapter 56

1500 (c.)

Plutarch writing the history of Pompey: Gnaeus Pompeius Sextus Strabo and his son Pompey

Pompey

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Strabo struck by lightning

Pompey, Chapter 1

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Mourning the dead Strabo

Pompey, Chapter 1

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Lucius Terentius, approaches the bed with drawn sword to kill his tentmate Pompey, during the war between Pompey's father and Cinna; Pompey, who had been informed of the plot had left the tent

Pompey, Chapter 5

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After the attempt on Pompey's life, the soldiers revolt: Pompey tries to calm the soldiers; eventually he lies down in front of the gate of the camp and bids, weeping and bidding those who were going out to trample on him

Pompey, Chapter 3

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The death of Cinna: one of the centurions who pursued him stabs him with his sword

Pompey, Chapter 8

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Three generals, Carinas, Cloelius and Brutus, with three armies surrounding Pompey to annihilate him: Pompey collects all his forces to attack the army of Brutus; when he brought down one of the Celtic horsemen of that army, the rest fled

Pompey, Chapter 11

1500 (c.)

Carbo before Pompey

Pompey, Chapter 16

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Carbo beheaded (background)

Pompey, Chapter 16

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When settling the affairs of Sicily, Pompey receives a letter from Sulla ordering him to go to Africa to fight against Domitius

Pompey, Chapter 17

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Meeting of Pompey and Sulla

Pompey, Chapter 19

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Pompey, who had demanded a triumph, which Sulla refused, marching in triumphal procession through the streets of Rome

Pompey, Chapter 21

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Battle between Pompey and Brutus; Lepidius sitting down before Rome

Pompey, Chapter 23

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Battle between Sertorius and Pompey near the river Sucro

Pompey, Chapter 26

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Perpenna offers to produce letters he took from Sertorius when he had him killed; the letters were from the chief men at Rome who wanted to change the government and had invited Sertorius to Italy: Pompey kills Perpenna and burns the letters without reading them

Pompey, Chapter 29

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Romans pushed overboard by the pirates

Pompey, Chapter 35

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Pompey meets a group of senators and receives the Gabinian law that gives him the command of the army against the pirates

Pompey, Chapter 38

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Cretan pirates are killed by the soldiers of Metellus, against Pompey's wish; Metellus is discussing with Lucius Octavius, Pompey's officer, who was sent as general to fight in defense of the pirates

Pompey, Chapter 42

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Pompey with his army suprises the camp of Mithridates VII, king of Pontus, near the Euphrates; at the time the moon stood just above the horizon and behind the Romans, so the long shadows thrown before the Romans made the Mithridates' soldiers miscalculate the distance of the Romans when they threw their javelins

Pompey, Chapter 45

1500 (c.)

Pompey fights against the Albanians. Cosis, Mithridates' brother, rushes upon Pompey, wounding him before being killed

Pompey, Chapter 51

1500 (c.)

In Amisus Pompey finds gifts from Pharnaces, Mithridates'son, and many dead bodies of the royal family, including the decomposing corpse of Mithridates which Pompey turns away from in disgust; Publius selling Mithridates' sword-belt to Ariarathes (centre); Caius, the foster brother of Mithridates giving the crown to Faustus, the son of Sulla

Pompey, Chapter 60

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Triumphant entry of Pompey in Rome with the flags of the nations over which he triumphed and prisoners of war including women and children, like those from the families of the kings Tigrane and Mithridates

Pompey, Chapter 65

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Pompey, accompanied by a large force, brings Cicero's brother into the Forum, who petitioned for the return of Cicero from exile

Pompey, Chapter 73

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After recovering from a dangerous illness from which he suffered while in Naples, the whole of Italy, starting with the Neapolitans, offer sacrifices of thanksgiving; the triumphant reception he receives from all citizens make Pompey overconfident in his quarrel with Caesar and thereby hasten the advent of war

Pompey, Chapter 83

1500 (c.)

Caesar moving into Brundisium (Brindisi) after Pompey has left the city; Pompey before embarking dug up all the ground inside the city, cutting trenches and fixing stakes and palissades through the streets

Pompey, Chapter 89

1500 (c.)

Pompey entering the camp of Caesar

Pompey, Chapter 90

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Pompey stops at the port of Mitylene to take his wife Cornelia and his son: the messenger who is sent to fetch her informs her of Pompey's misfortune by weeping instead of speaking; Cornelia swoons

Pompey, Chapter 91

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Cornelia joins Pompey aboard the only ship he has left and faints in his arms

Pompey, Chapter 91

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Death of Pompey: after leaving his galley, Pompey is murdered by Septimius and Achilas in the boat sent to bring him ashore

Pompey, Chapter 94

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Cornelia with her company mourning Pompey and weighing anchor to flee; the body of Pompey has been thrown out of the other boat after his head had been cut off

Pompey, Chapter 97

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Cicero

Cicero, Chapter 1

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Cicero going to Puteoli's wells to take hot baths

Cicero, Chapter 8

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Cicero elected consul

Cicero, Chapter 12

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Beheading of Catilina and his followers in the presence of Cicero

Cicero, Chapter 15

1500 (c.)

Clodius Pulcher, dressed as a woman, introduces himself into the house of Julius Caesar during an annual ceremony of Bona Dea, and is discovered

Cicero, Chapter 17

1500 (c.)

Clodius Pulcher, elected tribune, forces Cicero to go into exile; twenty thousand young gentlemen, dressed as in a time of public mourning, escort him on horseback

Cicero, Chapter 20

1500 (c.)

Murder of the supporters of the return of Cicero

Cicero, Chapter 23

1500 (c.)

Cicero at war with the robbers who infest Mountain Amanus in Cilicia

Cicero, Chapter 25

1500 (c.)

Caesar at Brundisium (Brindisi)?

Cicero, Chapter 27

1500 (c.)

Cato the Younger welcoming Cicero

Cicero, Chapter 29

1500 (c.)

Cicero with Terentia, receiving the message of the death of his daughter Tullia

Cicero, Chapter 47

1500 (c.)

Mark Antony sends soldiers with orders to bring Cicero to the Senate

Cicero, Chapter 41

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Octavian defeats the army of Mark Antony at Mutina (Modena)

Cicero, Chapter 50

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Octavian embarking

Cicero, Chapter 51

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Cicero is killed on the beach by soldiers of Anthony; crows fly with clamour towards the vessel of Cicero as it arrives in Caieta (background)

Cicero, Chapter 53

1500 (c.)

The death of the murderers of Cicero

Cicero, Chapter 54

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