The Lives of the Twelve CaesarsG. Bell and sons, 1890 - 557 pages |
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... Pompey ; and was afterwards much embellished by Trajan , who added to it the splendour of his own name . This was the country of Pittacus , one of the seven wise men of Greece , as well as of Alcæus and Sappho . The natives showed a ...
... Pompey ; and was afterwards much embellished by Trajan , who added to it the splendour of his own name . This was the country of Pittacus , one of the seven wise men of Greece , as well as of Alcæus and Sappho . The natives showed a ...
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... Pompey ; not so much for the sake of the office , as having his name inserted in the inscription recording the repairs of the Capitol , instead of Catulus . The latter , however , secured the honour , and his name is still seen ...
... Pompey ; not so much for the sake of the office , as having his name inserted in the inscription recording the repairs of the Capitol , instead of Catulus . The latter , however , secured the honour , and his name is still seen ...
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... Pompey , at that time dissatisfied with the senate for the backwardness they shewed to confirm his acts , after his victories over Mith- ridates . He likewise brought about a reconciliation between Pompey and Marcus Crassus , who had ...
... Pompey , at that time dissatisfied with the senate for the backwardness they shewed to confirm his acts , after his victories over Mith- ridates . He likewise brought about a reconciliation between Pompey and Marcus Crassus , who had ...
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... Pompey ; rejecting Servilius Cæpio , to whom she had been contracted , and by whose means chiefly he had but a little before baffled Bibulus . After this new alliance , he began , upon any debates in the senate , to ask Pompey's opinion ...
... Pompey ; rejecting Servilius Cæpio , to whom she had been contracted , and by whose means chiefly he had but a little before baffled Bibulus . After this new alliance , he began , upon any debates in the senate , to ask Pompey's opinion ...
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... Pompey to Lucca , a city in his province , and pressed them , for the purpose of disappointing Domitius , to sue again for the consulship , and to continue him in his command for five years longer ; with both which requi- sitions they ...
... Pompey to Lucca , a city in his province , and pressed them , for the purpose of disappointing Domitius , to sue again for the consulship , and to continue him in his command for five years longer ; with both which requi- sitions they ...
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