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... body , after he was murdered . JULIUS GRÆCINUS , a Roman senator , was a native of Forum Julii , now Frejus . He was distinguished by his elo- quence and virtue , and was put to death by Caligula , for re- fusing to be the accuser of ...
... body , after he was murdered . JULIUS GRÆCINUS , a Roman senator , was a native of Forum Julii , now Frejus . He was distinguished by his elo- quence and virtue , and was put to death by Caligula , for re- fusing to be the accuser of ...
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... body . Having received the decree of the senate , he retired into his bed - chamber , and laid bare the veins of both arms , and then bled to death . ARRIA , wife of Cœcinna Pætus , a consul under the empe- ror Claudius , is ...
... body . Having received the decree of the senate , he retired into his bed - chamber , and laid bare the veins of both arms , and then bled to death . ARRIA , wife of Cœcinna Pætus , a consul under the empe- ror Claudius , is ...
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... body , he looked at the executioner , and shaking his head , he return- ed it to the hatchet , with the greatest composure , and it was cut off . TIGELLINUS , a Roman courtier , infamous for his in- trigues at the court of Nero , who ...
... body , he looked at the executioner , and shaking his head , he return- ed it to the hatchet , with the greatest composure , and it was cut off . TIGELLINUS , a Roman courtier , infamous for his in- trigues at the court of Nero , who ...
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... body of cavalry , and ten auxiliary co- horts , he invaded Judæa , his son Titus serving under him as lieutenant . His progress was irresistible ; and after capturing Jotapa , and reducing almost the whole of Galilee , he with- drew to ...
... body of cavalry , and ten auxiliary co- horts , he invaded Judæa , his son Titus serving under him as lieutenant . His progress was irresistible ; and after capturing Jotapa , and reducing almost the whole of Galilee , he with- drew to ...
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... body was left in the open air without the honours of a funeral . This disgrace might proceed from the resentment of the senators , whom he exposed to terror as well as to ridicule . He once assembled that august body to know in what ...
... body was left in the open air without the honours of a funeral . This disgrace might proceed from the resentment of the senators , whom he exposed to terror as well as to ridicule . He once assembled that august body to know in what ...
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