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... Rome . Alinari - Art Resource / EB , Inc. FAMILY BACKGROUND AND CAREER Caesar's gens , the Julii , were patricians ; i.e. , members of Rome's original aristocracy , which had coalesced in the 4th century BC with a number of leading ...
... Rome . Alinari - Art Resource / EB , Inc. FAMILY BACKGROUND AND CAREER Caesar's gens , the Julii , were patricians ; i.e. , members of Rome's original aristocracy , which had coalesced in the 4th century BC with a number of leading ...
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... Rome and started on his political career in the conventional way , by acting as a prosecuting advocate - of course , in his case , against prominent Sullan counter - revolutionaries . His first target , Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella , was ...
... Rome and started on his political career in the conventional way , by acting as a prosecuting advocate - of course , in his case , against prominent Sullan counter - revolutionaries . His first target , Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella , was ...
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... Rome , but a few months later , now with the title of dictator , he left for Africa , where his opponents had rallied . In 46 he crushed their army at Thapsus and returned to Rome , only to leave in Novem- ber for Farther Spain to deal ...
... Rome , but a few months later , now with the title of dictator , he left for Africa , where his opponents had rallied . In 46 he crushed their army at Thapsus and returned to Rome , only to leave in Novem- ber for Farther Spain to deal ...
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