the overthrow or defeat of an enemy in war or combat.

in Pagan worship, is represented by Hesiod as the daughter of Styx and Pallas; and Varro calls her the daughter of Heaven and Earth. The Romans erected

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1 Relandi Fasti Consulares, p. 436. Traject. Batav. 1715, 8vo. 2 Vossius de Historicis Latinis, p. 195, 221. Fabricii Bibliotheca Latina, tom. iii. p. 123.