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They had crushed in battle and conquered Philip, and King Perseus of the Macedonians, and the others who rose up against them.
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They also had defeated Antiochus the Great, king of Asia, who went to fight against them with one hundred twenty elephants and with cavalry and chariots and a very large army. He was crushed by them;
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they took him alive and decreed that he and those who would reign after him should pay a heavy tribute and give hostages and surrender some of their best provinces,
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the countries of India, Media, and Lydia. These they took from him and gave to King Eumenes.
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The Greeks planned to come and destroy them,
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but this became known to them, and they sent a general against the Greeks and attacked them. Many of them were wounded and fell, and the Romans took captive their wives and children; they plundered them, conquered the land, tore down their strongholds, and enslaved them to this day.
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The remaining kingdoms and islands, as many as ever opposed them, they destroyed and enslaved;
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but with their friends and those who rely on them they have kept friendship. They have subdued kings far and near, and as many as have heard of their fame have feared them.
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Those whom they wish to help and to make kings, they make kings, and those whom they wish they depose; and they have been greatly exalted.
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Yet for all this not one of them has put on a crown or worn purple as a mark of pride,
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but they have built for themselves a senate chamber, and every day three hundred twenty senators constantly deliberate concerning the people, to govern them well.