LAENAS  , the name of a plebeian See also:

• FAMILY

family in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, notorious for See also:

• CRUELTY (through the O. Fr. crualte, mod. cruaute, from the Lat. crudelitas)

cruelty and arrogance . The two most famous of the name' are: See also:

• GAIL, JEAN BAPTISTE (1755-1829)

GAIL'S PoPILLIus LAENAS, See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul in 172 B.C . He was sent to See also:

• GREECE

Greece in 174 to allay the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general disaffection, but met with little success . He took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war against See also:

• PERSEUS

Perseus, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• MACEDONIA

Macedonia (See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy xliii . 17, 22) . When See also:

• ANTIOCHUS

Antiochus Epiphanes, king of See also:

• SYRIA

Syria, invaded See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, Laenas was sent to See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest his progress . See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

Meeting him near See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria, he handed him the See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree of the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate, demanding the evacuation of Egypt . Antiochus having asked See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time for See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration, Laenas See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew a circle See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round him with his See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff, and told him he must give an See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer before he stepped out of it . Antiochus thereupon submitted (Livy xlv . 12; See also:

• POLYBIUS (c. 204–122 B.C.)

Polybius See also:

• XXIX

xxix . 11; See also:

• CICERO

Cicero, Philippica, viii . 8; Vell .

Pat. i . 1o) . PuBL1us PoPILL1us LAENAS, son of the preceding . When consul in 132 B.C. he incurred the hatred of the democrats by his harsh See also:

• MEASURES

measures as See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission appointed to take measures against the accomplices of Tiberius See also:

• GRACCHUS

Gracchus . In 123 See also:

• GAIUS

Gaius Gracchus brought in a See also:

• BILL

bill prohibiting all such commissions, and declared that, in accordance with the old See also:

• LAWS

laws of See also:

• APPEAL

appeal, a See also:

• MAGISTRATE (Lat. magistratus, from magister, master, properly a public office, hence the person holding such an office)

magistrate who pronounced See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence of See also:

• DEATH

death ' The name is said by Cicero to be derived from laena, the sacerdotal cloak carried by See also:

• MARCUS

Marcus Popillius (consul 359) when he went to the See also:

• FORUM (Lat. from foris, " out of doors ")

forum to quell a popular rising.-See also:

• LAETUS, JULIUS POMPONIUS [Giulio Pomponio Leto], (1425-1498)

LAETUS 63 against a See also:

• CITIZEN (a form corrupted in Eng., apparently by analogy with " denizen," from O. Fr. citeain, mod. Fr. citoyen)

citizen, without the See also:

• PEOPLE

people's assent, should be guilty of high See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason . It is not known whether the bill contained a retrospective clause against Laenas, but he See also:

• LEFT

left Rome and sentence of banishment from See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy was pronounced against him . After the restoration of the See also:

• ARISTOCRACY (Gr. apuvror, best; «paria, government)

aristocracy the enactments against him were cancelled, and he was recalled (12r) . See Cicero, See also:

• BRUTUS (originally an adjective meaning " heavy," "stupid," kindred with Gr. aap(s, cf. Eng. " brute," " brutal")

Brutus, 25 . 34, and De domo sua, 31; Vell . Pat. ii . 7; See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch, C . Gracchus, 4 .