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6904 to be without, omitted
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6905 confused, perplexed
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6906 (1) proven wrong, (2) futile
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6907 (1) convicted, (2) vanquished, overcome
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6908 flawed, unsound
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6909 direction
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6910 summoning up, regaining control of
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6911 Christ
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6912 ask advice/counsel of
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6913 see Leviticus 8:8: sacred means of divination attached to (not necessarily set into) the high priest’s breastplate, though exactly what the Urim and Thummim were (both words = grammatically plural) is not known
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6914 [bisyllabic]
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6915 special preparation/readiness
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6916 stand firm, hold out
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6917 i.e., though there are many fighting “against thy few in arms”
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6918 professing
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6919 upright, uplifted, exalted
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6920 having been brought to the temperament/state of mind
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6921 Alexander the Great
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6922 kingdom of Persia, founded by Cyrus and overthrown by Alexander at Arbela in 331 B.C.
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6923 in Spain, when Scipio was probably less than thirty years old
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6924 Mithradates—though by then (66 B.C.) Pompey had reached the age of forty
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6925 Julius Caesar
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6926 seek
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6927 splendid display
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6928 what are
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6929 swarm
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6930 valued
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6931 separately, individually
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6932 produced
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6933 declares
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6934 Alexander the Great was so identified
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6935 Romulus was so identified
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6936 reveal, show
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6937 morally ugly/perverted
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6938 Scipio Africanus
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6939 Carthaginian
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6940 prove
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6941 am from, came
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6942 en masse, without distinction
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6943 i.e., and with reason
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6944 thankful blessing
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6945 false
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6946 stripped
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6947 goodness, kindness
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6948 Roman emperor, A.D. 14–37
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6949 He caused the Hasmonean uprising by plundering Temple treasures, desecrating the altar, and more
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6950 Judah Maccabeus, who led the Hasmonean uprising; he was born in Modin
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6951 opportunity’s
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6952 tortured
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6953 peaceful
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6954 intervention, mediation
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6955 Saul: see I Samuel 9ff.
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6956 leave, give up
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6957 beginnings
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6958 i.e., the mountain’s
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6959 the Tigris and the Euphrates
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6960 open, level country
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6961 lesser, smaller
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6962 grain
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6963 soil
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6964 view
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6965 without springs or headsprings (sources of rivers)
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6966 (1) hastened, (2) gotten where we wanted to go
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6967 Armenian river, flowing into the Caspian Sea
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6968 unapproachable
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6969 desert
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6970 capital city of Assyrian empire after about 1100B.C.
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6971 king of Assyria, husband of Semiramis
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6972 king of Assyria, d. 722 B.C.
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6973 in 726B.C.
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6974 immense city on the Euphrates
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6975 just as
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6976 Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylonia, 605–562B.C.
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6977 king of Persia: Cyrus captured Babylon in 538B.C. and released the captive Jews
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6978 in southern Persia: residence and burial place of Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes, etc.
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6979 northeast of Persepolis, ancient capital of Bactria, now in Afghanistan
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6980 summer residence of Darius
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6981 Parthian capital, southeast of the Caspian Sea [five syllables, first, third, and fifth accented]
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6982 Shushan, city at northwestern tip of Persian Gulf, capital of Susiana/Elam and later of Persia
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6983 river east of Tigris, flowing through Susa/Shushan
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6984 Macedonian
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6985 seminomadic culture in western Asia, famous for bow-wielding cavalry
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6986 capital of Selucid empire, founded by Seleucus I Nicator; located on the Tigris
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6987 city in northwestern Mesopotamia, south of the Tigris
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6988 city in Armenia, southeast of the Black Sea; located on the Araxes River
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6989 town at northeastern end of Persian Gulf, near the juncture of the Tigris and the Euphrates
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6990 city on the Tigris, near Seleucia [trisyllabic, first and third accented; first letter silent]
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6991 founder of Parthian empire, ca. 248 B.C.
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6992 (1) extravagant, (2) unchaste, lewd
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6993 city on the Orontes River, capital of Syria
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6994 fierce “barbarian” people living north and east of the Black and Caspian Seas
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6995 region northeast of Parthia
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6996 fearsomeness
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6997 lozenge/diamond-shaped military formation
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6998 half-rhomb military formation
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6999 i.e., with most of
the army concentrated in the center
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7000 Christ
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7001 splendor, pomp, display
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7002 swift
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7003 border
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7004 eastern Parthia, a region west of the Indus River
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7005 Kandahar, in modern Afghanistan
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7006 northern Parthia, between Bactria and Parthia
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7007 Hyrcania: province of ancient Persian empire, southeast of the Caspian Sea
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7008 region in the Caucasus, not Spain
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7009 Media-Atropatenia, west of Parthia, between the Caspian Sea and Armenia
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7010 near Nineveh, south of Armenia, on the Tigris: part of Assyria
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7011 see footnote 104, above
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7012 southeastern Persia: Susa was its capital
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7013 Basra, north of Persian Gulf, south of Susa
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7014 port, harbor
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7015 lacked
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7016 foot soldiers
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7017 an army had two horns/wings
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7018 soldiers in armor
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7019 loaded
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7020 soldier-diggers
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7021 flat, level, smooth, even
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7022 one-humped swift camels
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7023 filled
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7024 Tatar king in Boiardo’s romance Orlando Innamorato (“Roland in Love”)
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7025 fortress of King Gallophrone, Angelica’s father
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7026 bravest, most chivalric
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7027 pagan
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7028 high nobles
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7029 pressed forward
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7030 win over
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7031 make secure/safe [verb]
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7032 contemptible, small
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7033 note
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7034 progenitor, ancestor
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7035 descendants of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, religiously and politically at odds with the Jews
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7036 molest, injure
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7037 Hyrcanus II, made king of Judah by Rome; he was attacked by Antigonus; both were abducted by Parthians
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7038 in spite of
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7039 alliance, treaty
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7040 modern Khabar, near the Euphrates: see 2 Kings 17:6, 18:11
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7041 inhabitants of Media, in Parthia
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7042 i.e., those of Joseph’s sons, Ephraim and Manasseh: see note 130, above
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7043 political cunning
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7044 praiseworthy, fair-seeming
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7045 remiss, neglectful
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7046 scheming, crafty
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7047 evidence
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7048 wield
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7049 confronted (him) as
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7050 see 1 Chronicles 21:1ff.
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7051 counting, making a census of
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7052 except
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7053 idle, useless, of no significance/value
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7054 look to, have a care for
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7055 with blind speed
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7056 go after, pursue
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7057 fit, suitable
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7058 polished
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7059 little won
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7060 heal, make good
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7061 defeats, frustrates
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7062 new wine in process
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7063 splinters, chips
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7064 battering
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7065 despairing
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7066 central Italy: Tyrrhenian Sea to the south, Apennine Range to the northwest, the plain split by the River Tiber
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7067 northern
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7068 Rome
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7069 galleries, colonnades
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7070 [trisyllabic, first and third accented]
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7071 memorial structures, commemorating military success
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7072 arches
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7073 noteworthy (interesting)
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7074 citadel (fortress) built on top of a hill
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7075 majestic, dignified
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7076 part of the Capitoline Hill
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7077 of limits/bounds
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7078 visible
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7079 adjusted, placed
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7080 optical instrument
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7081 craftsmen [four syllables, second and fourth accented]
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7082 stream, flowing
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7083 magistrates
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7084 governors of provinces
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7085 attendants carrying bundles of rods with an ax wrapped inside, the blade projecting
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7086 symbols
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7087 one-tenth of a legion
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7088 cavalry: one-tenth of a wing (flank)
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7089 garments, dress, clothing
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7090 from Rome to Brindisi, seaport in southern Italy
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7091 from Rome north to the Adriatic Sea
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7092 Aswan, in southern Egypt on the Upper Nile
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7093 region in the Upper Nile, considered (but in fact not) an island
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7094 North African king, ca. 105B.C.
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7095 i.e., the Mediterranean Sea off the northwest African coast
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7096 Chersonese: the Malay Peninsula
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7097 Ceylon or Sumatra
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7098 turbans
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7099 Gaul (now France)
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7100 Cadiz
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7101 people east of Germany, between the Vistula and the Volga
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nbsp; 7102 the Sea of Azov, northeast of and connected to the Black Sea
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7103 politeness
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7104 distant, remote, secluded
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7105 Tiberius
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7106 island south of Naples
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7107 Roman province (Naples, Pompeii, etc.)
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7108 Sejanus, finally executed in A.D. 29
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7109 [verb]
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7110 showy
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7111 of citrus wood
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7112 marble from the Atlas mountains in North Africa
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7113 three then-famous Italian wines, from Sezza, near Rome, and Cales and Falernia, near Mt. Vesuvius
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7114 two then-famous Greek wines: see Horace, Odes 3:19
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7115 ornaments
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7116 foreign, bizarre, uncouth
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7117 pillaging
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7118 (1) arrogant, (2) outrageous
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7119 unchaste
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7120 because of
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7121 because of
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7122 (1) theatrical performances, (2) their daily existence
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7123 overly refined, soft
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7124 “besides my own”
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7125 shameless
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7126 fussy, fastidious
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7127 always
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7128 submit to
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7129 liberty, licence
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7130 see Exodus 20:2–3, Deuteronomy 6:12–15, and Matthew 4:8–10
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7131 propose
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7132 grant, gift
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7133 test
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7134 state
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7135 the lesser rulers
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7136 i.e., blowing from the four quarters of the earth
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7137 called: that is, Satan is currently called god both of earth and of Hell
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7138 test
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7139 devoted
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7140 most authoritative
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7141 “Then spake Jesus…. saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat…. Matthew 23:1–2
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7142 see Luke 2:42–49
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7143 contained
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7144 the first five books of the Old Testament
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7145 heathen, pagans
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7146 to admiration: wonderfully
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7147 appropriate [adjective]
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