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Excerpt from C. Vellei Paterculi Ex Historiae Romanae Libris Duobus Quae Supersunt: Apparatu Critico Adiecto
1 2. Tum fere anno octogesimo post Troiam captam, centesimo et vicesimo quam Hercules ad deos excesserat, Pelopis progenies, quae omni hoc tempore pulsis Hera elidis Peloponnesi imperium obtinuerat, ah Herculis pro genie expellitur. Duces recuperandi imperii fuere Temenus, Cresphontes, Aristodemus, quorum abavus fuerat. Eadem fere tempore Athenae sub regibus esse d�sierunt, quarum ultimus rex fuit Codrus, Melanthi filius, vir 11011 praeter eundus. 'quippe cum Lacedaemonu gravi bello Atticos pre merent respondissetque Pythius, quorum dux ah l1oste esset occisas, eos futuros superiores, deposita veste regia pastoralem cultum induit, immixtusque castris hostium, de industria rixam ciens, imprudenter interemptus est. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
