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Excerpt from The History of Rome, Vol. 6 of 6 The sacred fire of the temple of Vesta extinguished. Titus Sempronius Gracchus, proconsul, subdues the Celtiberians, receives their submis. Sion, and, for a perpetual monument of his exploits, builds a town in Spain, to which he gives the name of Gracchuris. The Vacczans and Lusitanians subdued by Postumius Albinus, who triumphs over than Aulus Manlius, consul, marching into [sh-is, suffers a partial defeat; but afterwards routs the Istrians. Quintus Voconius San proposes a law, that women shall not inherit, which is supported by Cato, and carried. Successful Operations, under different commanders, against the Ligurians, lstrians, Sardinians, and Celtiberians. Perseus prepares for war; solicits the assistance of the Carthaginians, of the Grecian states, and of Antio chus Epiphanes. Character of Antiochus.' 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.