1. In the later 6th century B.C. six times victor in wrestling at the Olympian Games and six times at the Pythian.

2. Consul 198 B.C., author of Tripartita which contained the Law of the Twelve Tables and an account of its development.

3. For Coruncanius, see p. 220. Crassus Dives was consul in 205 B.C., chief priest, and censor.

1. Founder of the Persian empire (559–529 B.C.). According to another account he was killed fighting against the Scythians.

2. In which the Seleucid monarch Antiochus III ‘the Great’ was defeated (191 B.C.).

1. c. 240–194 B.C., king of the Numidians and enemy of Carthage.

2. Publius Cornelius Scipio, orator and historian. For the relationships of the Scipios, see Genealogical Table, p. 257.

1. From a play imitating Menander’s Heiress.

2. A history (now lost) of Rome from its foundations until 150 B.C.