Decline of the Roman Republic, Volume 5Bell, 1874 |
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... says Appian in the Introduction to his Civil Wars , " the Roman State was restored to tranquillity , and the Government became a mon- archy . " He adds , " and how this came about I have explained and have brought together the events ...
... says Appian in the Introduction to his Civil Wars , " the Roman State was restored to tranquillity , and the Government became a mon- archy . " He adds , " and how this came about I have explained and have brought together the events ...
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... says that Cato was moved by his long settled enmity to Caesar and vexation at his own failure when he was a candidate for the consulship in B.c. 51 ( vol . iv . p . 368 ) . Lentulus was deeply in debt , and he expected to set his ...
... says that Cato was moved by his long settled enmity to Caesar and vexation at his own failure when he was a candidate for the consulship in B.c. 51 ( vol . iv . p . 368 ) . Lentulus was deeply in debt , and he expected to set his ...
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... says , which were hardly their own . The Senate deliberated on the measures necessary for the protection of the State . It was determined that troops should be raised all through Italy ; and Pompeius was supplied with money from the ...
... says , which were hardly their own . The Senate deliberated on the measures necessary for the protection of the State . It was determined that troops should be raised all through Italy ; and Pompeius was supplied with money from the ...
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... say , remarks Cicero to Atticus , that they fear Caesar , and perhaps it is so ; but they fear Pompeius more . In the same letter Cicero says that he had long known the incapacity of Pompeius in civil affairs , and he now knows that he ...
... say , remarks Cicero to Atticus , that they fear Caesar , and perhaps it is so ; but they fear Pompeius more . In the same letter Cicero says that he had long known the incapacity of Pompeius in civil affairs , and he now knows that he ...
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... says Cicero , he will not leave one tile standing in Italy . After the defeat of Pompeius , when Caesar was in the possession of power , Cicero said that it would not have been much different , if Pompeius were in Caesar's place ...
... says Cicero , he will not leave one tile standing in Italy . After the defeat of Pompeius , when Caesar was in the possession of power , Cicero said that it would not have been much different , if Pompeius were in Caesar's place ...
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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?