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[ 188 J 81. A just reply. - Philip, King of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great, had rendered the Spartans the most eminent services. He was one day attending a great festival when these same Spartans grossly insulted him. His friends exhorted hipm to punish them for their insolence; but he nobly replied, “If they are so wicked as to insult those who do them good, what will they not do to those who may do them an injury to 82. The Emperor Aurelian. The Romam emperor Aureliam having arrive ed before the city of Tigana, found that the inhabitants had shut the gates against him, and swore in his wrath that he would not leave even a dog alive. The soldiers rejoiced onhearingthis, fancying that they should obtain great booty. When the town had been taken, the troops begged Aurelian to respect