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... Clodius being determined , when created prętor , to harrass his country with every species of op- pression , and finding the comitia had been delayed so long the year before , that he could not hold his office many months , all on a ...
... Clodius being determined , when created prętor , to harrass his country with every species of op- pression , and finding the comitia had been delayed so long the year before , that he could not hold his office many months , all on a ...
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... Clodius , if he had proposed to come back to Rome that day , might have re- turned . He meets Clodius near his own estate , a little be- fore sunset , and is immediately attacked by a body of men , who throw their darts at him from an ...
... Clodius , if he had proposed to come back to Rome that day , might have re- turned . He meets Clodius near his own estate , a little be- fore sunset , and is immediately attacked by a body of men , who throw their darts at him from an ...
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... Clodius was killed ; for that we grant : But whether justly or unjustly . If it appears that Milo was the aggressor , we ask no favor ; but if Clodius , you will then acquit him of the crime that has been laid to his charge . What ...
... Clodius was killed ; for that we grant : But whether justly or unjustly . If it appears that Milo was the aggressor , we ask no favor ; but if Clodius , you will then acquit him of the crime that has been laid to his charge . What ...
Page 289
... Clodius , who furnished him with such a rich harvest of glory , bus that which every patriot must bear to all bad men ? As to Clodius , he had motives enough for bearing ill will to Mile ; first , as my protector and guardian ; then ...
... Clodius , who furnished him with such a rich harvest of glory , bus that which every patriot must bear to all bad men ? As to Clodius , he had motives enough for bearing ill will to Mile ; first , as my protector and guardian ; then ...
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... Clodius.- But can there , my Lords , be any room for doubt , or delib- eration upon that ? It was near the estate of Clodius , where at least a thousand able bodied men were employed in his mad schemes of building . Did Milo think he ...
... Clodius.- But can there , my Lords , be any room for doubt , or delib- eration upon that ? It was near the estate of Clodius , where at least a thousand able bodied men were employed in his mad schemes of building . Did Milo think he ...
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