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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) 121 121 Browse Search
Frank Frost Abbott, Commentary on Selected Letters of Cicero 15 15 Browse Search
M. Tullius Cicero, Letters to and from Quintus (ed. L. C. Purser) 11 11 Browse Search
M. Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares (ed. L. C. Purser) 11 11 Browse Search
E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus (ed. E. T. Merrill) 10 10 Browse Search
Samuel Ball Platner, Thomas Ashby, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome 8 8 Browse Search
Frank Frost Abbott, Commentary on Selected Letters of Cicero 5 5 Browse Search
M. Tullius Cicero, Letters to Atticus (ed. L. C. Purser) 5 5 Browse Search
J. B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge, M. Grant Daniell, Commentary on Caesar's Gallic War 3 3 Browse Search
Strabo, Geography (ed. H.C. Hamilton, Esq., W. Falconer, M.A.) 2 2 Browse Search
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M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Sir Edward Ridley), book 1, line 33 (search)
in Parthia loosed the war in Rome. More in that victory than ye thought was won, Ye sons of Arsaces; your conquered foes Took at your hands the rage of civil strife. By sword the realm is parted; and the state Supreme o'er earth and sea, wide as the world, Could not find space for two.Compare: 'Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere Nor can one England brook a double reign Of Harry Percy and the Prince of Wales.' For Julia bore, Cut off by fate unpitying,This had taken place in B.C. 54, about five years before the action of the poem opens. the bond Of that ill-omened marriage and the pledge Of blood united, to the shades below. Hadst thou but longer stayed, it had been thine To keep the parent and the spouse apart, Strike sword from grasp and join the threatening hands; As Sabine matrons in the days of old Joined in the midst the bridegroom and the sire. With thee all trust was buried, and the chiefs Could give their courage vent, and rushed to war. Lest newer glories trium