Decline of the Roman Republic, Volume 5Bell, 1874 |
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... wished for a war , in which he and his partisans expected to gain the victory . Cicero in a letter to Caesar ( Ad Attic . ix . 11 ) written in March B.C. 49 , tells him , that he was wronged by the declaration of war , and that the ...
... wished for a war , in which he and his partisans expected to gain the victory . Cicero in a letter to Caesar ( Ad Attic . ix . 11 ) written in March B.C. 49 , tells him , that he was wronged by the declaration of war , and that the ...
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... wished to rule . If Pompeius prevails , 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 ...
... wished to rule . If Pompeius prevails , 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 ...
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... wished Cicero to go there to aid in the raising of troops . The Campanian settlers ( coloni ) did not answer readily to the appeal . Pompeius went to Larinum near the coast of the Hadriatic , and took Labienus with him . Cicero said ...
... wished Cicero to go there to aid in the raising of troops . The Campanian settlers ( coloni ) did not answer readily to the appeal . Pompeius went to Larinum near the coast of the Hadriatic , and took Labienus with him . Cicero said ...
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... wished it , either for his own sake or for the interests of the State and he urged him not to leave Italy . Cicero suspected that Pompeius would leave Italy , and he found or thought that he could not safely join him owing to Caesar's ...
... wished it , either for his own sake or for the interests of the State and he urged him not to leave Italy . Cicero suspected that Pompeius would leave Italy , and he found or thought that he could not safely join him owing to Caesar's ...
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... wished Cicero to be at Rome , for he had just heard of him and others quitting the city . Cicero replied to Trebatius that it would be difficult at that time to comply with Caesar's wish , but he said that he was staying in the country ...
... wished Cicero to be at Rome , for he had just heard of him and others quitting the city . Cicero replied to Trebatius that it would be difficult at that time to comply with Caesar's wish , but he said that he was staying in the country ...
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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?