Polybius, Histories

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Book 30 - Chapter 15

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<w lemma="%2Atw%3Dn">Τῶν</w> <w lemma="gou%3Dn">γοῦν</w> <w lemma="%2A%29hpeirwtw%3Dn">Ἠπειρωτῶν</w> <w lemma="e%28bdomh%2Fkonta">ἑβδομήκοντα</w> <w lemma="po%2Fleis">πόλεις</w> <w lemma="%2Apolu%2Fbio%2Fs">Πολύβιός</w> <w lemma="fhsin">φησιν</w> <w lemma="a%29natre%2Fyai">ἀνατρέψαι</w> <w lemma="%2Apau%3Dlon">Παῦλον</w> <w lemma="meta%5C">μετὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="%2Amakedo%2Fnwn">Μακεδόνων</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="%2Aperse%2Fws">Περσέως</w> <w lemma="kata%2Flusin:">κατάλυσιν·</w> <w lemma="%2Amolottw%3Dn">Μολοττῶν</w> <w lemma="d%27">δ᾽</w> <w lemma="u%28pa%2Frcai">ὑπάρξαι</w> <w lemma="ta%5Cs">τὰς</w> <w lemma="plei%2Fstas:">πλείστας·</w> <w lemma="pe%2Fnte">πέντε</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="de%2Fka">δέκα</w> <w lemma="muria%2Fdas">μυριάδας</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpwn">ἀνθρώπων</w> <w lemma="e%29candrapodi%2Fsasqai">ἐξανδραποδίσασθαι</w>.
Polybius says that Aemilius Paullus after the fall of Perseus destroyed seventy cities in <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Macedonia&groupId=723&placeId=428">Macedonia</a>, most of them belonging to the Molotti, and that he sold into slavery a hundred and fifty thousand persons.