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A81487 The Emperor Augustus his two speeches, in the Senate-House at Rome; the first addressed to the married Romans, the other to the unmarried. / Translated out of Dion Cassius, an ancient Greek historian.; Speeches. English. Selections Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.; Cassius Dio Cocceianus. 1675 (1675) Wing D1503A; ESTC R15326 3,942 8

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