Decline of the Roman Republic, Volume 5Bell, 1874 |
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Page iii
... provinces . But it is not in the power of any man to change a state of affairs which is the result of the slow growth of centuries , or to avert the fate which awaits all political institutions . I have endeavoured in these volumes to ...
... provinces . But it is not in the power of any man to change a state of affairs which is the result of the slow growth of centuries , or to avert the fate which awaits all political institutions . I have endeavoured in these volumes to ...
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... provincial governor , a lover of letters , and a man of taste , also prove that he was vain , querulous , spiteful , and often ungenerous . His private character was not noble , or elevated . His A good Life of Cicero is still wanted ...
... provincial governor , a lover of letters , and a man of taste , also prove that he was vain , querulous , spiteful , and often ungenerous . His private character was not noble , or elevated . His A good Life of Cicero is still wanted ...
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... provinces to the several governors - Caesar ad- dresses his soldiers , crosses the boundary of his province of Gallia Cisalpina , and takes Ariminum - Cicero's opinions of the Pompeian party , and unjust judgment of Pompeius : his ...
... provinces to the several governors - Caesar ad- dresses his soldiers , crosses the boundary of his province of Gallia Cisalpina , and takes Ariminum - Cicero's opinions of the Pompeian party , and unjust judgment of Pompeius : his ...
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... province declare against Varro , whose legatus , Gallonius , is ejected from Gades - Varro submits to Caesar at Corduba - Caesar leaves Q. Cassius Longinus as governor of Further Spain , sails from Gades to Tarragona , whence he marches ...
... province declare against Varro , whose legatus , Gallonius , is ejected from Gades - Varro submits to Caesar at Corduba - Caesar leaves Q. Cassius Longinus as governor of Further Spain , sails from Gades to Tarragona , whence he marches ...
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... provinces - Caesar abdicates the Dictatorship , which he had held eleven days , and goes to Brundisium , to which town he had sum- moned his troops - The great preparations for war by Pompeius - Com- parison between Pompeius and Caesar ...
... provinces - Caesar abdicates the Dictatorship , which he had held eleven days , and goes to Brundisium , to which town he had sum- moned his troops - The great preparations for war by Pompeius - Com- parison between Pompeius and Caesar ...
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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?