tam celebri loco, in so thronged a locality. Caesar, as Pontifex Maximus, inhabited the Begia (see note on sect. 37, p. 187, l. 14) on the Sacra Via, in the busiest part of Rome. audiebatur, the story was told. senator, etc.: "Pompey was afraid of Milo, or pretended to be; and he stayed mostly, not at home, but in his gardens — even the upper ones, where a great guard of soldiers camped around. Pompey, besides, had once adjourned the Senate suddenly, saying that he feared Milo's coming. Then at the next session, P. Cornificius had said that Milo had a sword under his tunic, fastened to his thigh, and demanded that he should bare his thigh, which Milo did at once, lifting his tunic. Then Cicero called out that all the other charges against Milo were just like that." (Asconius.)
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