The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4G. Bell, 1890 |
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... greatest bravery , who have acted as centurions , are And have been judges . I am not asking about those men , says he . Whoever has acted as centurion , let him be a judge . But if you were to propose a law , that whoever had served in ...
... greatest bravery , who have acted as centurions , are And have been judges . I am not asking about those men , says he . Whoever has acted as centurion , let him be a judge . But if you were to propose a law , that whoever had served in ...
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... greatest possible infamy , and no popularity at all ? For what can be more discreditable than for a man who has committed treason against the Roman people by acts of violence , after he has been condemned by a legal decision , to be ...
... greatest possible infamy , and no popularity at all ? For what can be more discreditable than for a man who has committed treason against the Roman people by acts of violence , after he has been condemned by a legal decision , to be ...
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... greatest of all presents was that , when you abolished the name of the dictatorship . This was in effect branding the name of the dead Cæsar with everlasting ignominy , and it was your doing , -yours , I say . For as , on account of the ...
... greatest of all presents was that , when you abolished the name of the dictatorship . This was in effect branding the name of the dead Cæsar with everlasting ignominy , and it was your doing , -yours , I say . For as , on account of the ...
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... greatest fury against Cicero , charging him with having been the principal author and contriver of Cæsar's murder , hoping by this to inflame the soldiers , whom he had posted within hearing of his harangue . Soon after this , Cicero ...
... greatest fury against Cicero , charging him with having been the principal author and contriver of Cæsar's murder , hoping by this to inflame the soldiers , whom he had posted within hearing of his harangue . Soon after this , Cicero ...
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... greatest genius and the most consummate prudence , proposed a sup- plication in my honour for those very actions with which you find fault , in the most complimentary language , and those very men of consular rank whom I have named ...
... greatest genius and the most consummate prudence , proposed a sup- plication in my honour for those very actions with which you find fault , in the most complimentary language , and those very men of consular rank whom I have named ...
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