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Why should I speak of Marcus Marcellus, who took Syracuse, that most beautiful city? why of Lucius Scipio, who waged
war in Asia, and conquered Antiochus, a
most powerful monarch? why of Flaminius, who subdued Philip the king, and Macedonia? why of Lucius Paullus, who with his might
and valour conquered king Perses? why of Lucius Mummius, who overthrew that most
beautiful and elegant city Corinth,
full of all sorts of riches, and brought many cities of Achaia and Boeotia under the
empire and dominion of the Roman people?—their houses, though they were
rich in virtue and honour, were empty of statues and paintings. But we see the whole
city, the temples of the gods, and all parts of Italy, adorned with their gifts, and with memorials of them.
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