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... battle was as if weapons had been hurled on giants from the sky ' . When he mentions that the Gauls were con- stant enemies of Rome , he speaks of them as a whetstone on which the Romans might sharpen their swords . Abundance of other ...
... battle was as if weapons had been hurled on giants from the sky ' . When he mentions that the Gauls were con- stant enemies of Rome , he speaks of them as a whetstone on which the Romans might sharpen their swords . Abundance of other ...
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... battle , LIX . His bravery , defeat , and death , LX . , LXI . Parallel between Cæsar and Cato , LIV . I..IT becomes all men , who desire to excel other animals1 , to strive to the utmost of their power , not to pass through life ...
... battle , LIX . His bravery , defeat , and death , LX . , LXI . Parallel between Cæsar and Cato , LIV . I..IT becomes all men , who desire to excel other animals1 , to strive to the utmost of their power , not to pass through life ...
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... battle of Pharsalia . Cæs . de B. C. , iii . , 89 . 1 Lucius Vargunteius ] " Of him or his family little is known . He had been , before this period , accused of bribery , and defended by Hortensius . Cic . pro P. Syllâ , c . 2 ...
... battle of Pharsalia . Cæs . de B. C. , iii . , 89 . 1 Lucius Vargunteius ] " Of him or his family little is known . He had been , before this period , accused of bribery , and defended by Hortensius . Cic . pro P. Syllâ , c . 2 ...
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... battle , come off vic- torious , or left the struggle undecided , great distress and . calamity must certainly have fallen upon the state , nor would those , who might at last have gained the ascendancy , have been allowed to enjoy it ...
... battle , come off vic- torious , or left the struggle undecided , great distress and . calamity must certainly have fallen upon the state , nor would those , who might at last have gained the ascendancy , have been allowed to enjoy it ...
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... battle , resolved upon engaging , as speedily as possible , with Antonius . Having , therefore , as- sembled his troops , he addressed them in the following manner : LVIII . " I am well aware , soldiers , that words cannot inspire ...
... battle , resolved upon engaging , as speedily as possible , with Antonius . Having , therefore , as- sembled his troops , he addressed them in the following manner : LVIII . " I am well aware , soldiers , that words cannot inspire ...
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