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History of Julius Caesar Vol. 2 of 2
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“But the consuls, who fear being obliged, by a decree of the Senate, to leave for the war, and who feel at the same time how disgraceful it will be to them if this commission fall on any other but them, will absolutely not allow the Senate to assemble; they carry it so far as to make people suspect them of want of zeal for the Republic: there is no knowing if it be negligence, or cowardice, or the fear of which I have just spoken; but what is concealed under this appearance of reserve is, that they will not have that province.” (Cœlius to Cicero, Epist. Familiar., VIII. 10.)
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“With the succour of Dejotarus, the enemies may be held at bay till the arrival of Pompey, who sends me word that they intend him for this war.” (Cicero, Epist. ad Atticum, VI. 1.) – “At this news of the passage of the Euphrates, every one offers to give his advice: this man would have them send Pompey; the other Cæsar and his army.” (Cœlius to Cicero, Epist. Familiar., VIII. 10.)
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Cicero, Epist. ad Atticum, V. 20
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He kept this title until the moment the civil war broke out.
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Cicero, Epist. Familiar., VIII. 4.
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Cœlius to Cicero, Epist. Familiar., VIII. 10.
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“Ingeniosissime nequam.”
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Cicero to Curio, Epist. Familiar., II. 7.
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Cicero, Brutus, lx. 218.
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Suetonius, Cæsar, 49.
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Plutarch, Antony, 2. – Cicero, Philippica, II. xix. 48.
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See his biography in Appendix D.
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Cicero, Philippica, II. xx. 49.
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Appian, Civil Wars, II. 26. – Yet Cicero, who never spared his adversaries, makes no mention of this act of corruption; and Velleius Paterculus (II. 48) expresses himself as follows: “Did Curio, as has been said, sell himself? It is a question we cannot venture to decide.”
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“Æmilius Paulus built, they say, with this money the famous basilica which bears his name.” (Appian, Civil Wars, II. 26.)
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“It was said of him that there was no man so low but he thought him worth the trouble of gaining.” (Cicero, Ad Div., VIII. 22.)
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A villa near Aricia. (Cicero, Epist. ad Atticum, VI. 1.)
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“Curio, in his ill humour at not having obtained the intercalation, has thrown himself, with unequalled levity, into the party of the people, and began to speak on Cæsar’s side.” (Cœlius to Cicero, Epist. Familiar., VIII. 6.)
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See Appendix A.
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Dio Cassius, XL. 62.
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Cœlius to Cicero, Epist. Familiar., VIII. 6.
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Cicero, Epist. ad Atticum, VI. 1; Ad Div., VIII. vi. 5. – Appian, Civil Wars, II. 27.
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The following letter explains the nature of this tax: “This man of importance (P. Vedius) met me with two chariots, a chaise, a litter, and so great a number of valets, that, if Curio’s law passes, Vedius will surely be taxed at 100,000 sestertii. He had, moreover, a cynocephalus in one of his chariots, and wild asses in his equipage. I never saw a man so ridiculous.” (Cicero, Epist. ad Atticum, VI. i. 22.)
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Dio Cassius, XL. 63.
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Cicero, Epist. Familiar., VIII. 14.
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