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at_o his_o return_n and_o alter_v the_o constitution_n of_o the_o government_n but_o when_o they_o see_v he_o dismiss_v his_o vast_a army_n at_o brundisium_n and_o proceed_v in_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o journey_n to_o the_o city_n with_o no_o other_o company_n than_o his_o ordinary_a attendant_n they_o receive_v he_o with_o all_o the_o expression_n of_o complacency_n and_o satisfaction_n and_o honour_v he_o with_o a_o splendid_a triumph_n ibid._n triumph_n vell._n paterc_n ibid._n chap._n v._o of_o the_o roman_a affair_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o first_o triumvirate_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o twelve_o caesar_n the_o three_o person_n that_o at_o this_o time_n bear_v the_o great_a sway_n in_o the_o state_n be_v crassus_n pompey_n and_o caesar_n the_o first_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o prodigious_a wealth_n pompey_n for_o his_o power_n with_o the_o soldier_n and_o senate_n and_o caesar_n for_o his_o admirable_a eloquence_n and_o a_o peculiar_a nobleness_n of_o spirit_n when_o now_o 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time_n caesar_n be_v perform_v miracle_n in_o gaul_n no_o less_o than_o 40000_o of_o the_o enemy_n he_o have_v kill_v and_o take_v more_o prisoner_n and_o nine_o year_n together_o which_o be_v the_o whole_a time_n of_o his_o government_n deserve_v a_o triumph_n for_o the_o action_n of_o every_o campaigne_n 2._o campaigne_n paterc_n lib._n 2._o the_o senate_n amaze_v at_o the_o strange_a relation_n of_o his_o victory_n be_v easy_o incline_v to_o suspect_v his_o power_n so_o that_o take_v the_o opportunity_n when_o he_o petition_v for_o a_o second_o consulship_n they_o order_v he_o to_o disband_v his_o army_n and_o appear_v as_o a_o private_a person_n at_o the_o election_n 49._o election_n ibid._n cap._n 49._o caesar_n endeavour_v by_o all_o mean_n to_o come_v to_o a_o accommodation_n but_o find_v the_o senate_n violent_o averse_a to_o his_o interest_n and_o resolve_v to_o hear_v nothing_o but_o what_o they_o first_o propose_v cod_n propose_v ibid._n cap._n cod_n he_o be_v constrain_v to_o march_v towards_o italy_n with_o his_o troop_n to_o terrify_v or_o force_v they_o into_o a_o compliance_n upon_o the_o news_n of_o his_o approach_n the_o senate_n with_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o nobility_n pass_v over_o into_o greece_n he_o enter_v the_o city_n without_o opposition_n and_o create_v himself_o consul_n and_o dictator_n haste_v with_o his_o army_n into_o spain_n where_o the_o troop_n under_o pompey_n deputy_n be_v compel_v to_o submit_v themselves_o to_o his_o disposal_n with_o this_o reinforcement_n he_o advance_v towards_o macedonia_n where_o the_o senate_n have_v get_v together_o a_o prodigious_a army_n under_o the_o command_n of_o pompey_n in_o the_o first_o engagement_n he_o receive_v a_o considerable_a defeat_n but_o the_o whole_a power_n on_o both_o side_n be_v draw_v up_o on_o the_o plain_n of_o thessaly_n after_o a_o long_o dispute_v the_o victory_n fall_v to_o caesar_n with_o the_o entire_a ruin_n of_o the_o adverse_a party_n pompey_n flee_v direct_o 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in_o the_o
author_n m._n cincius_n tribune_n of_o the_o commons_o a._n 549._o forbid_v any_o person_n to_o accept_v of_o a_o gift_n upon_o account_n of_o judge_v a_o cause_n this_o be_v common_o call_v lex_fw-la muneralis_fw-la senect_n muneralis_fw-la livy_n lib._n 34._o tâ—â—it_fw-la ann._n 14._o cicero_n ad_fw-la attic._n lib._n 1._o de_fw-la oratore_fw-la 2._o the_o senect_n chap._n xxxviii_o law_n relate_v to_o crime_n the_o crime_n or_o action_n that_o tend_v to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o the_o state_n have_v be_v already_o reckon_v up_o and_o brief_o explain_v the_o law_n on_o this_o subject_n be_v very_o numerous_a and_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o great_a usefulness_n have_v be_v preserve_v at_o large_a in_o the_o labour_n of_o the_o civilian_n with_o the_o particular_a head_n of_o which_o they_o consist_v it_o will_v be_v sufficient_a to_o the_o present_a design_n to_o mention_v such_o as_o be_v hint_v at_o in_o the_o ordinary_a classick_n and_o to_o speak_v of_o those_o only_o in_o 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a._n 670._o make_v it_o treason_n to_o lead_v a_o army_n out_o of_o a_o province_n or_o to_o engage_v in_o a_o war_n without_o special_a order_n to_o endeavour_v the_o ingratiate_a one_o self_n so_o with_o the_o army_n as_o to_o make_v they_o ready_a to_o serve_v his_o particular_a interest_n or_o to_o spare_v or_o ransom_v a_o commander_n of_o the_o enemy_n when_o take_v prisoner_n or_o to_o pardon_v the_o captain_n of_o robber_n and_o pirate_n or_o for_o a_o roman_a citizen_n to_o reside_v without_o order_n at_o a_o foreign_a court_n and_o assign_v the_o punishment_n of_o aqua_n &_o igni_fw-la interdictio_fw-la to_o all_o that_o shall_v be_v convict_v of_o any_o of_o these_o crime_n etc._n crime_n cicero_n in_o pison_n pro_fw-la cluent_a etc._n etc._n julia_n lex_fw-la the_o author_n julius_n caesar_n either_o in_o his_o first_o consulship_n or_o after_o the_o pharsalian_a victory_n ordain_v the_o punishment_n mention_v in_o sylla_n law_n to_o be_v inflict_v on_o all_o that_o be_v find_v guilty_a de_fw-fr majestate_fw-la whereas_o sylla_n intend_v it_o only_o for_o the_o particular_n which_o he_o there_o specify_v 1._o specify_v cicero_n philipp_n 1._o antonio_n lex_fw-la the_o author_n mark_n antony_n allow_v those_o who_o be_v condemn_v de_fw-la majestate_fw-la a_o appeal_n to_o the_o people_n which_o before_o be_v only_o allow_v in_o the_o crime_n which_o they_o call_v perduellio_n one_o part_n of_o the_o crimen_fw-la majestatis_fw-la of_o the_o most_o heinous_a nature_n which_o the_o lawyer_n define_v hostili_fw-la animo_fw-la adversus_fw-la rempublicam_fw-la esse_fw-la this_o law_n be_v repeal_v by_o augustus_n legibus_fw-la augustus_n p._n mâ—nut_n lib._n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la de_fw-fr adulterio_fw-la &_o pudicitiâ_fw-la julia_n lex_fw-la the_o author_n augustus_n caesar_n as_o suetonius_n insorm_v we_o 34._o we_o in_o aug._n cap._n 34._o juvenal_n mention_n this_o law_n in_o his_o second_o satyr_n and_o seem_v to_o intimate_v that_o it_o be_v afterward_o 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