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One politician with this name patronized the philosopher Athenodoros Cordylion, who lived with him in Rome in his old age. Another leader with this name may have been killed by Gaius Marius the Younger while fighting Marsic forces at Fucine Lake. While serving under Glabrio in fighting the Seleucids at Thermopylae, (10[1]-5[1])a general with this name led a decisive surprise attack on the Aetolians. A man with this name praised the utility of cabbages in his De Agri (10[2])Cultura. (10[3])After the Battle of Thapsus, a man with this name committed (-5[1])suicide in Utica (10[1])to avoid (10[1])Julius (10[1])Caesar’s clemency. Greek influence on Roman culture (-5[1])was opposed by a 184 BCE censor with this name known as “the Elder.” (10[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])a man of what name repeatedly ended speeches (10[1])with (10[1])“Carthage (10[1])must be destroyed”? ■END■ (10[2])

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