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Page 174
... compelled to toe the line . Obviously Caesar could not accept a second consulship on those terms ; besides , he was morally bound to see that his soldiers , who had served him so devotedly , received the rewards he had promised them ...
... compelled to toe the line . Obviously Caesar could not accept a second consulship on those terms ; besides , he was morally bound to see that his soldiers , who had served him so devotedly , received the rewards he had promised them ...
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... compelled to abandon the blockade ; that Dyrrachium would have been occupied by Pompey without need of a battle , and that he could then have decided whether to pursue Caesar or invade Italy . In the race between the two fortified lines ...
... compelled to abandon the blockade ; that Dyrrachium would have been occupied by Pompey without need of a battle , and that he could then have decided whether to pursue Caesar or invade Italy . In the race between the two fortified lines ...
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... compelled to struggle for it within the vicious environment of his day . Wherever power was to be found he wooed it : the plebs , who so largely controlled Rome ; the rising intelligentsia , who could arouse the rabble ; the financiers ...
... compelled to struggle for it within the vicious environment of his day . Wherever power was to be found he wooed it : the plebs , who so largely controlled Rome ; the rising intelligentsia , who could arouse the rabble ; the financiers ...
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CHAPTER I | 15 |
Inauguration of the Century of Revolution | 22 |
The First Civil | 28 |
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