pondō: cf. pondō, Bk. III, 21.
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2. Nabidem: Nabis, the tyrant of Lacedaemon, had seized the city of Argos.
quibus voluit condiciōnibus ＝ quibus voluit eīs condiciōnibus.
in fidem accēpit: cf. in fidem acceptae, Bk. II, 19. This is a mild way of saying that he made the king a subject of Rome.
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6. Syriacum: sc. bellum. Creighton, p. 48.
7. Antiochum: the most illustrious of the family of the Seleucidae, kings of Syria, was Antiochus, surnamed the Great. After having conquered Caelo-Syria and Palestine, he was urged by Hannibal, who had taken refuge at his court, to make war on the Romans. He invaded Greece, but was defeated by L. Scipio at Thermopylae in 191 B.C., and again at Mt. Sipylus in Magnesia in 190 B.C., when he was compelled to sue for peace.
12. fuisset: cf. quia … fēcissent, Bk. II, 11.