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title: "Histories: Book XIX"
title_greek: "Ἱστορίαι, ΙΘʹ"
author: Polybius of Megalopolis
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# Histories: Book XIX

*Ἱστορίαι, ΙΘʹ*

**Author:** Polybius of Megalopolis

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## Text

<!-- 19.1.1 -->Πολύβιος μέν γέ φησι τῶν ἐντὸς Βαίτιος ποταμοῦ πόλεων ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ τὰ τείχη κελεύσαντος αὐτοῦ περιαιρεθῆναι· πάμπολλαι δʼ ἦσαν αὗται καὶ γέμουσαι μαχίμων ἀνδρῶν.

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