Decline of the Roman Republic, Volume 5Bell, 1874 |
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... appear in the Senate - Caesar's will is read : the testamentary dispositions - Notice is given that the body of Caesar will be burnt in the Campus Martius - Preparations for the funeral - Antonius delivers the funeral oration - The last ...
... appear in the Senate - Caesar's will is read : the testamentary dispositions - Notice is given that the body of Caesar will be burnt in the Campus Martius - Preparations for the funeral - Antonius delivers the funeral oration - The last ...
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... appear to have been written with great rapidity , for as he was quick in action , so he was also quick with his pen , and he has certainly made some mistakes . The military narrative is clear , though it is sometimes defective , as it ...
... appear to have been written with great rapidity , for as he was quick in action , so he was also quick with his pen , and he has certainly made some mistakes . The military narrative is clear , though it is sometimes defective , as it ...
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... appear ( c . 37 ) , only part of them . Pompeius had a larger force than Cæsar ; but the recruiting went on slowly , and he did not trust the two legions , which had been taken from the pro- consul of Gallia . While Caesar was still at ...
... appear ( c . 37 ) , only part of them . Pompeius had a larger force than Cæsar ; but the recruiting went on slowly , and he did not trust the two legions , which had been taken from the pro- consul of Gallia . While Caesar was still at ...
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... appear at Rome in the middle of B.C. 49 , and shorten his proconsular government by six months : still in the interest of the State he had sub- mitted to this infringement of his rights without complaining ; when he wrote to the Senate ...
... appear at Rome in the middle of B.C. 49 , and shorten his proconsular government by six months : still in the interest of the State he had sub- mitted to this infringement of his rights without complaining ; when he wrote to the Senate ...
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... appears certain that he erroneously supposed or at least he has said that the consuls and Pompeius did not leave Rome until he had taken Auximum . After the occupation of Ancona , being informed that Q. Minucius Thermus , who held ...
... appears certain that he erroneously supposed or at least he has said that the consuls and Pompeius did not leave Rome until he had taken Auximum . After the occupation of Ancona , being informed that Q. Minucius Thermus , who held ...
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Achillas Adrumetum Afranius Africa Alexandrine Antonius Apidanus Enipeus Appian Appian B. C. arms army arrived attack attempted Attic battle of Pharsalia brought Brundisium Caesar Cassius Cato cavalry centurions Cicero coast cohorts command consul Corduba Corfinium crossed Curio defeat defences Deiotarus Dion Dion Cassius Domitius Dyrrhachium Egypt enemy enemy's Enipeus escaped fight fleet followed force friends Gallia gave Goeler ground Guischardt Haliacmon hill horsemen hundred island Italy joined Juba killed king Labienus land Larisa legatus legions Lentulus Leptis letter Marcellus miles military missiles Mithridates named narrative ninth legion occupied Octavius peius Petreius Pharnaces Pharsalus Plutarch Pompeius position possession protect province rampart received rest retreat Rhodian river Roman Rome Ruspina sailed Scipio seized Senate sent ships Sicily side soldiers soon Spain Strabo Suetonius supplies supposed Syria Thapsus Thessaly took town tribunes troops Utica Varus Vatinius vessels victory wing
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Page iv - Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator; and if time of course alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?