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... Perhaps Cicero was not so important a figure in Roman politics as he thought himself : that he was of no importance is disproved both by the warmth of his friends and the rancour of his enemies . If he lacked originality as a writer or ...
... Perhaps Cicero was not so important a figure in Roman politics as he thought himself : that he was of no importance is disproved both by the warmth of his friends and the rancour of his enemies . If he lacked originality as a writer or ...
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... perhaps his greatest military achievement , his masterly retreat from Mutina and his rally in Gallia Narbonensis . P. Cornelius Dolabella , b . about B.C. 70 . DOLABELLA is on a much lower plane than Antony , and would not be much worth ...
... perhaps his greatest military achievement , his masterly retreat from Mutina and his rally in Gallia Narbonensis . P. Cornelius Dolabella , b . about B.C. 70 . DOLABELLA is on a much lower plane than Antony , and would not be much worth ...
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... perhaps turned out to be the case . But neither was the marriage a happy one , owing to Dolabella's gross misbeha- viour , nor had Cicero any reason to approve his son - in - law's public conduct . He was tribune in B.C. 47 , whilst ...
... perhaps turned out to be the case . But neither was the marriage a happy one , owing to Dolabella's gross misbeha- viour , nor had Cicero any reason to approve his son - in - law's public conduct . He was tribune in B.C. 47 , whilst ...
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... perhaps not absolutely impossible . He had no rea- son to love Pompey , who had treacherously killed his father , but he did love his uncle Cato , whose death was at Cæsar's door . His coming over to Italy in B.C. 43 , as Cicero urged ...
... perhaps not absolutely impossible . He had no rea- son to love Pompey , who had treacherously killed his father , but he did love his uncle Cato , whose death was at Cæsar's door . His coming over to Italy in B.C. 43 , as Cicero urged ...
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... Perhaps it will here occur to one of you - why should we wait for the worst , rather than make some attempt at once ? Because we have no one to depend upon for safety except Sextus Pompeius and Cæcilius Bassus , who I think are likely ...
... Perhaps it will here occur to one of you - why should we wait for the worst , rather than make some attempt at once ? Because we have no one to depend upon for safety except Sextus Pompeius and Cæcilius Bassus , who I think are likely ...
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