From Book 40

[40.1] When [king] Philip [V of Macedonia] ordered to search for the children of those noblemen he had imprisoned, to execute them, Theoxena, fearing the lawlessness of the king on behalf of her children, who were still young, ordered to bring a sword and a cup of poison, explained them that by their death, they could evade the approaching violence; having convinced them, she killed herself.

[40.2] [183] There is an account of the struggle between the sons of king Philip of Macedonia, Perseus and Demetrius; and how by the treachery of his bother false charges were brought forward against Demetrius, among which was that of attempting parricide and seizing the throne, and how he was, finally, because he was a friend of the Roman people, killed by poison, so that the kingdom of Macedonia would pass to Perseus at the death of Philip.

[40.3] It^note[Book 40.] also contains an account of successful campaigns by several leaders against the Ligurians and the Celtiberians in Hispania.

[40.4] The colonia of Aquileia was founded.

[40.5] [181] The Greek and Latin books of Numa Pompilius were discovered by peasants working on the field of scribe Lucius Petillius at the foot of the Janiculum, buried beneath an arch made of stone.

[40.6] When the praetor to whom the texts were brought had read them, he discovered that the majority were religiously dangerous, and told the Senate that reading and conserving these books were not in the interest of the state.

[40.7] By order of the Senate, they were burned on the Comitium.

[40.8] [179] Philip suffered from depression, because he had poisoned his son Demetrius after of the false accusations by his other son Perseus, wanted to punish the latter, and preferred to leave the kingdom to his friend Antigonus, but was taken away by death.

[40.9] Perseus inherited the throne.