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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) 79 79 Browse Search
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M. Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares (ed. L. C. Purser) 16 16 Browse Search
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M. Tullius Cicero, Letters to Atticus (ed. L. C. Purser) 4 4 Browse Search
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M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Sir Edward Ridley) 1 1 Browse Search
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M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Sir Edward Ridley), book 4, line 583 (search)
Dark Garamantians leave their fervid home; And those whose coursers unrestrained by bit Or saddle, yet obey the rider's hand Which wields the guiding switch: the hunter, too, Who wanders forth, his home a fragile hut, And blinds with flowing robe (if spear should fail) The angry lion, monarch of the steppe. Not eagerness alone to save the state Stirred Juba's spirit: private hatred too Roused him to war. For in the former year, When Curio all things human and the godsCurio was tribune in B.C. 50. His earlier years are stated to have been stained with vice. Polluted, he by tribune law essayed To ravish Libya from the tyrant's sway, And drive the monarch from his father's throne, While giving Rome a king. To Juba thus, Still smarting at the insult, came the war, A welcome harvest for his crown retained. These rumours Curio feared: nor had his troops (Ta'en in Corfinium's hold) Book II., 535. in waves of Rhine Been tested, nor to Caesar in the wars Had learned devotion: wavering in thei