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  • But at Hipponium, a city of Lucania, now called Vibo, one Vibius, a Sicilian by birth, who, amongst many other instances of Cicero’s friendship, had been made head of the state engineers when he was consul, would not receive him into his house, sending him word he would appoint a place in the country for his reception.

    Cicero Plutarch 1909

  • But at Hipponium, a city of Lucania, now called Vibo, one Vibius, a Sicilian by birth, who, amongst may other instances of Cicero's friendship, had been made head of the state engineers when he was consul, would not receive him into his house, sending him word that he would appoint a place in the country for his reception.

    The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch; being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls 46-120? Plutarch 1884

  • But at Hipponium, a city of Lucania, now called Vibo, one Vibius, a Sicilian by birth, who, amongst many other instances of Cicero’s friendship, had been made head of the state engineers when he was consul, would not receive him into his house, sending him word he would appoint a place in the country for his reception.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • In any case, once the rebels had sacked the territories of Tempsa and Vibo, they melted into the hills.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • Cicero claims that Mariuss pleas fell on deaf ears; Verres preferred the company of his mistress on the seashore to helping the citizens of Vibo.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • A delegation from the town of Vibo Valentia, near Tempsa, led by an important local inhabitant named Manius Marius, went to Verres and asked for his help.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • Cicero claims that Mariuss pleas fell on deaf ears; Verres preferred the company of his mistress on the seashore to helping the citizens of Vibo.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • A delegation from the town of Vibo Valentia, near Tempsa, led by an important local inhabitant named Manius Marius, went to Verres and asked for his help.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • In any case, once the rebels had sacked the territories of Tempsa and Vibo, they melted into the hills.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • A delegation from the town of Vibo Valentia, near Tempsa, led by an important local inhabitant named Manius Marius, went to Verres and asked for his help.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

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