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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) 140 140 Browse Search
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M. Tullius Cicero, Letters to Atticus (ed. L. C. Purser) 20 20 Browse Search
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M. Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares (ed. L. C. Purser) 4 4 Browse Search
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E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus (ed. E. T. Merrill) 2 2 Browse Search
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J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, Select Orations of Cicero , Allen and Greenough's Edition., Life of Cicero. (search)
was still endeavoring to secure permission to celebrate his triumph These efforts were unsuccessful. when the great Civil War between Caesar and Pompey broke out (B.C. 49). From the beginning of the Civil War to the Murder of Caesar (B.C. 49-44). Cicero was now in a very difficult position. It became necessary for every man of imB.C. 49-44). Cicero was now in a very difficult position. It became necessary for every man of importance to take sides; yet he could not see his way clear to join either party. For some time he vacillated, while both Caesar and Pompey made earnest efforts to secure his support. His great hope was to mediate between them; and, after Pompey had left Italy, he remained behind with this end in view. Finally, however, he decided for Pompey as the champion of the senatorial party, and set out, though with great reluctance, to join him at Dyrrachium (June 11, B.C. 49). In the camp he found things even worse than he had expected, and he gave up the cause of the Republic for lost. See the passages from Cicero's letters quoted in note to The Pardon of Marcellus,
J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, Select Orations of Cicero, Allen and Greenough's Edition., section 8 (search)
immanitate barbaras, i.e. barbarous and fierce: his first conquests had subdued the Gauls, Germans, and Britons. locis infinitas: Caesar moved from Gaul, B.C. 49, into Italy, and the same year to Spain. In 48 he crossed over to Greece, and thence to Egypt; in 47 he carried on war in Asia Minor, and in 46 gained the crowning victory of Thapsus in Africa. animum vincere, to rule his spirit; cf. Proverbs xvi, 32: "He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city." victoriam temperare, to control the passions of victory (cf. sect. 9, p. 216, l. 27). nobilitate . . . praestantem: this description is inserted to enhance the credit of Caesar's act, inasmuch as the greater the adversary the more dangerous his restoration would seem. haec qui facit: a slight break in the construction (anacoluthon); the proper predicate of the preceding infins. would be connected with them by est; the proper object of facit would be a resu