The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, Volume 5Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1809 |
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... Cæsar , gave him his daughter in marriage , raised him to the dig- nities of tribune and pre - consul , and on the point of death , bequeathed him the golden statue of fortune , MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS . [ ITALY . which had always ...
... Cæsar , gave him his daughter in marriage , raised him to the dig- nities of tribune and pre - consul , and on the point of death , bequeathed him the golden statue of fortune , MARCUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS . [ ITALY . which had always ...
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... Cæsar , who entrusted him at Pharsalia , with the command of the left wing of his army . His talents and reputation might have given umbrage to the am- bition of Cæsar , had not his pleasure and his indolence in time of peace silenced ...
... Cæsar , who entrusted him at Pharsalia , with the command of the left wing of his army . His talents and reputation might have given umbrage to the am- bition of Cæsar , had not his pleasure and his indolence in time of peace silenced ...
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... Cæsar , declaring Octavius his heir , raised an obstacle which proved the more difficult to surmount , as Cicero em- braced the cause of the young prince . Alternately di- vided and united , Antony and Octavius disputed or ap- portioned ...
... Cæsar , declaring Octavius his heir , raised an obstacle which proved the more difficult to surmount , as Cicero em- braced the cause of the young prince . Alternately di- vided and united , Antony and Octavius disputed or ap- portioned ...
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... Cæsar . He was born the 23d of September , 63 years B. C. at Rome , according to Suetonius , and not at Veletri , as later writers assert . Cicero , in one of his letters , calls Augus- tus the grandson of a goldsmith . And Antony goes ...
... Cæsar . He was born the 23d of September , 63 years B. C. at Rome , according to Suetonius , and not at Veletri , as later writers assert . Cicero , in one of his letters , calls Augus- tus the grandson of a goldsmith . And Antony goes ...
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... Cæsar . Antony , not content with giving him an insulting denial , endeavoured to prevent the confirmation of his adoption . Octavius , irritated at so harsh a reception , addressed himself to the senate , where he found himself ...
... Cæsar . Antony , not content with giving him an insulting denial , endeavoured to prevent the confirmation of his adoption . Octavius , irritated at so harsh a reception , addressed himself to the senate , where he found himself ...
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