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Proscribed by Sulla 215 81. He serves in Asia 215 77. Accuses
Dolabella 215 Taken by the Pirates 215 75. Studies in Rhodes 215 68.
Quæstor 215 65. Curule Ædile 216 Restores the statues of Marius 216
M. TULLIUS CICERO-- 106. His birth 216 80. Serves in the Social
War 216 81. His speech for P. Quintius 216 80. His speech for Sex.
Roscius of Ameria 216 79. He goes to Athens 216 78. He studies in
Rome 216 77. He returns to Rome 216 76. Quæstor in Sicily 217 70.
He accuses Verres 217 68. Ædile 217 66. Prætor 217 He speaks on
behalf of the Manilian law 217
65. First conspiracy of Catiline 217
History of Catiline 218
63. Consulship of Cicero 219
Second conspiracy of Catiline 219
Catiline quits Rome 220
Cicero seizes the conspirators 220
They are put to death 221
62. Defeat and death of Catiline 221
Popularity of Cicero 221

Remarks upon the punishment of the conspirators 221
CHAPTER XXXII.
FROM POMPEY'S RETURN FROM THE EAST TO CICERO'S
BANISHMENT AND RECALL. B.C. 62-57.
62. Pompey arrives in Italy 223
61. Triumph of Pompey 223
State of parties in Rome 224
60. The Senate refuses to sanction Pompey's measures in Asia 224
63. Prætorship of Cæsar 224
61. Proprætor in Spain 224
60. His victories in Spain 224
He returns to Rome 225
FIRST TRIUMVIRATE 225
59. Consulship of Cæsar 225
Agrarian Law for the division of the Campanian land 225
Ratification of Pompey's acts in Asia 225
Marriage of Julia, Cæsar's daughter, with Pompey 225
Cæsar gains over the Equites 225
Vatinian Law, granting to Cæsar the provinces of Cisalpine Gaul and
Illyricum for five years 226
Transalpine Gaul added 226

62. Clodius profanes the rites of the Bona Dea 226
61. His trial and acquittal 227
His enmity against Cicero 227
58. Tribune of the Plebs 227
He accuses Cicero 227
Banishment of Cicero 227
57. Riots at Rome between Clodius and Milo 227
Return of Cicero from banishment 228
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CÆSAR'S CAMPAIGNS IN GAUL. B.C. 58-51.
58. First Campaign 229 He defeats the Helvetii 229 He defeats
Ariovistus and the Germans 230
57. Second Campaign 230 The Belgic War 230 Great victory over the
Nervii 230
55. Third Campaign 230 He defeats the Veneti 231 He defeats the
Morini and Menapii 231
55. Fourth Campaign 231 Cæsar crosses the Rhine 231 His first
invasion of Britain 231
54. Fifth Campaign 232 His second invasion of Britain 232 Revolt of
the Eburones 232 They destroy the detachment of T. Titurius Sabinus
and L. Aurunculeius Cotta 232 They attack the camp of Q. Cicero 232
53. Sixth Campaign 232 Cæsar puts down the revolt in Gaul 233 He
crosses the Rhine a second time 233

52. Seventh Campaign 233 Revolt of all Gaul 233 Headed by
Vercingetorix 233 Cæsar takes Alesia and Vercingetorix 234
51. Eighth Campaign 234 Pacification of Gaul 234
CHAPTER XXXIV.
INTERNAL HISTORY FROM THE RETURN OF CICERO FROM
BANISHMENT TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CIVIL WAR:
EXPEDITION AND DEATH OF CRASSUS. B.C. 57-50.
57. Cicero supports the Triumvirs 235
56. Pompey and Crassus meet Cæsar at Luca 236
Fresh arrangements for the continuance of their power 236
55. Second Consulship of Pompey and Crassus 236
The Trebonian Law, giving the two Spains to Pompey and Syria to
Crassus, and prolonging Pompey's government for five years more 236
Dedication of Pompey's theatre 236
54. Crassus crosses the Euphrates 237
He winters in Syria 237
53. He again crosses the Euphrates 237
Is defeated and slain near Carrhæ 237
54. Death of Julia 237
53. Riots in Rome 238
52. Murder of Clodius by Milo 238
Pompey sole Consul 238

Trial and condemnation of Milo 238
51. Rupture between Cæsar and Pompey 239
Pompey joins the aristocratical party 239
49. Proposition that Cæsar should lay down his command 240
The Senate invest the Consuls with dictatorial power 240
The Tribunes Antony and Cassius fly to Cæsar's camp 240
Commencement of the Civil War 240
CHAPTER XXXV.
THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND CIVIL WAR TO CÆSAR'S
DEATH, B.C. 49-44.
49. Cæsar at Ravenna 241
He crosses the Rubicon 241
His triumphal progress through Italy 241
Pompey and his party fly from Rome to Brundusium 242
They are pursued by Cæsar 242
They embark for Greece 242
Cæsar goes to Rome 242
He sets out for Spain 242
He conquers L. Africanus and M. Petreius, Pompey's lieutenants in
Spain 243
Is appointed Dictator, which office he holds only eleven days 243

He takes Massilia 243
48. He sails from Brundusium to Greece 243
He besieges Pompey at Dyrrhachium 244
Is compelled to retire 241
Battle of Pharsalia, and defeat of Pompey 244
Pompey flies to Egypt 245
His death 245
Cæsar is appointed Dictator a second time 245