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132 CICERO: PKO ROSCIO.
Ronian times the Solonian code of laws was in use at Athens.
Solon was also one of thc scv^en wise men of Greece, a gceat traveiler,
and a poet.
flj Sulla, -ae, m. : LnciusCornelius Sulla was bornof patricianparents
in 1.S8 B.c . Hc served as quaestor under Marius in Africa (107 -
105), and captnred Jugurtha (10.3) ; under the sanie gcneral he distinguished
himself in the conttict with the Cinibri and Teuton es
( 103-101) . Diiring the Social War (90-88) botirSlarius and Sulla
took an active part agaiust the allies, but Marius was eclipsed by
his younger rival. At the conclusion of the war Sulla, as_2onsul,
rcceived the com mand^aggiijiigt^M i t h rada tsfi, and forced M arius to
fl^fromJElome^ He set out for the JKastmST, stormed Athens and
defeated the troops of Mithradates at Chaeronea (86). and again at
Orchomeniis (85). In 84 he eoncluded peace with Mithradates and
the nextyear relurned to Italy. He had now to tJCTht the democratic
party : by the battle of Sacrip(n-tus (82) he gained possession of
P^ome, and by that of tlie CoUine Gate (82) he completely crushed
his opponents. Ijy his exccutions and prosc riptions he almost ex -
ti rpated the democratic party. ~ Tn^^Sl he was"appoixited dictatpr
by a law of the people, and as ^ictatQr^hfiL^uxjmul^at^^tlie^Zieaes
nnrr^pJJMP fRI) , by wh icli the ancient authority of tlie Senate_was
restored and the crimirujik,ffi_\t:as_codified. In 79 lie resigned his
dlctalorship and retired into private life ; in_78_he died.
Tarracina, -ae, f. : modern Terracina, a town in S. Latium, in
very aneient times called Anxur. Originally an Etrii.^-can colony, it
wa'-- for a time a stronghold of the Volscians. In .329 b.c. it was
made a Roman burgess colony.
Trasumeiinus Lacus : the Trasimene lake in l''tiuria, between
Cortona and Perusia ; here Hannibal in 217 b.c. defeated the
Romans with great slaughter.
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Umbria, -ae, f. : a district of N. Italy lying between the Tiber
and the Apennines, and separatcd by the Tiber from Etruria.
Veiens Ager : the tcrritory tliat had once belonged to Veii, an
ancient city in S.E. F.truria, and in early times a rival of Rome.
The town was captured by Camillus in 396 b.c, and was then
destroj^ed, but the ayer Veiens was occupied by Roman settlers.
Volaterrae, -arum, f. : an ancient town in Etruria. It was a
stronghold of the democratic party, and after the battle of the Colline
(Tate it held out against Sulla for two years (82-80 b.c).