He took part in the chariot races especially; and his horses won three prizes in succession, to the delight of his admirers. Alcibiades was shrewd enough, in spite of all his vanity, to understand that the people of Athens loved him principally because he was handsome and ...
Most of these were ill clad and ill fed, and were made to work very hard. They were severely whipped for every act of disobedience, but they were seldom rewarded or set free. The Roman citizens themselves, however, could do almost anything they pleased. When brought before...
Another punishment, therefore, soon befell him; for he lost his favorite son, the only good member of his family, and the one upon whom rested his greatest hopes. Then, after a reign of twenty-two years, Jeroboam himself died, leaving the kingdom of Israel to be ruled by h...