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... senate that they would discharge him from an office which his in- firmities could no longer support . In the interval of these two events , ( the consultation of Octavius with his favourites , and his declaration to the senate ...
... senate that they would discharge him from an office which his in- firmities could no longer support . In the interval of these two events , ( the consultation of Octavius with his favourites , and his declaration to the senate ...
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... senate , who remitted to him the decision of the affair . He granted the ambassadors the first part of their demand , but kept Tiridates at Rome , and promised to entertain him in a manner suit- able to his dignity . This ode was ...
... senate , who remitted to him the decision of the affair . He granted the ambassadors the first part of their demand , but kept Tiridates at Rome , and promised to entertain him in a manner suit- able to his dignity . This ode was ...
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... senate , too , had not proclained war against him , but against Cleopatra , and Augustus triumphed not ostensibly over his fallen colleague in the triumvirate , but over an Egyptian queen . It was , indeed , his interest , that men ...
... senate , too , had not proclained war against him , but against Cleopatra , and Augustus triumphed not ostensibly over his fallen colleague in the triumvirate , but over an Egyptian queen . It was , indeed , his interest , that men ...
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... senate ; [ Pollio , ] to whom the laurel produced immortal honours in the Dalmatian triumph . Even now you stun our ears with the threatening murmur of horns : now the clarions sound ; now the glitter of arms affrights the flying steeds ...
... senate ; [ Pollio , ] to whom the laurel produced immortal honours in the Dalmatian triumph . Even now you stun our ears with the threatening murmur of horns : now the clarions sound ; now the glitter of arms affrights the flying steeds ...
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... senate . TORR . 67 Baiæ , a city of Campania , near the sea , situated between Puteoli and Picenum . People were fond of building here , because of the beauty of the place . Here are many hot waters , pleasant and wholesome WATSON . the ...
... senate . TORR . 67 Baiæ , a city of Campania , near the sea , situated between Puteoli and Picenum . People were fond of building here , because of the beauty of the place . Here are many hot waters , pleasant and wholesome WATSON . the ...
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