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... Rome . Pompey , whom the senate committed the defence of the state , had no army . He quit- ted Rome , followed by the consuls and a part of the senate , and endeavored hastily to levy troops over all Italy and Greece ; while Cæsar ...
... Rome . Pompey , whom the senate committed the defence of the state , had no army . He quit- ted Rome , followed by the consuls and a part of the senate , and endeavored hastily to levy troops over all Italy and Greece ; while Cæsar ...
Page 77
... Rome . Pompey , whom the senate committed the defence of the state , had no army . He quit- ted Rome , followed by the consuls and a part of the senate , and endeavored hastily to levy troops over all Italy and Greece ; while Cæsar ...
... Rome . Pompey , whom the senate committed the defence of the state , had no army . He quit- ted Rome , followed by the consuls and a part of the senate , and endeavored hastily to levy troops over all Italy and Greece ; while Cæsar ...
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... Rome was utterly abandoned by Constantine ; nor was it much alleviated under his successors , among whom a permanent division of the empire taking place , Rome and Italy fell under the government of a series of weak , miserable , short ...
... Rome was utterly abandoned by Constantine ; nor was it much alleviated under his successors , among whom a permanent division of the empire taking place , Rome and Italy fell under the government of a series of weak , miserable , short ...
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