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Excerpt from The Roman History From the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium, That Is, to the End of the Commonwealth, Vol. 9 C ON T E N ts. Return to their duty. Pride and indecency of' idnthony' s conduit. Cnfizr'comes 'to Romefibtakesspofiion of. The Dittatoifiiip, caufes him/elf to he eletted Conful, wind prev fdes at the elettion of the scula tion in favour of dehtors. F'rec'all of exilés. The chih dren of proferihed per/ens refined to the capsczezty'hof.ferv'll 32 ing puhlic ofices. Motions of Gee/ins and Milo. IT heir death. Pompey' s preparations, his land army pey enco trages militaryaexercifes hy his own General zeal and afiettton for Pompey' s canfie. Of the Senate held hy the confuissat-thtalonic'a. 'r f'pom pey declared [ole Chief. Pompey's fecurzty' as°to Giefer's paage into Greece. X'ceefar's eagernefi to get there. He goes into Greece with twentysthoufand' legionary jbldtens and fix hundred harfe.' the'tdi/patches Vihnllius to Pom. Pey, with propofals for 'ansl'accommodatien. Zhe makes himfelf ma/ler cf almofi sall Epirus. Z Pompey comessup time enough to fave Dyrrachium, and encamps over again/t his adverfary, with the river zipfus hetween them. -'pompey s fleet hinders the troops Ceefar had left in [tab from crojfing the/ea Bihulas's death. N 'pom pey' s hat/h an/wer to Vthullius. New advances of Cm far, alwa s rejeited. Czefar's forces at Brundut um are dilatory in joining him. He goes him/elf to fetch xthem. Famous fpeech of Che/ctr to the ma/ter of 'the hark. Dour of Gee/ar' s foldiers On receiving new orders, An thony pajes from Italy into Greece with four legions. Tellus Scipio hrings to' Pompw the Syrian legions. Ty rannical hehaviour of sthat Proconful. Carfar fends three detachments from his army into Etolia, T hey/altar, and Macedonia. Pompey avoids an engagement. Zc ze far attempts to inclofe Pompey in lines. Divers ottions ahout the lines. Prodigious valour of one of Safar's cohorts, and ahove all of the Centurion Sceeva. Fncre