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Excerpt from The Civil and Constitutional History of Rome, Vol. 2 of 2: From Its Foundation to the Age of Augustus The year of the destruction of Numantia was memorable for a tragical scene at Rome, in which Nasica, another of the Scipios, was the principal actor, setting the first example of civil discord carried to its most outrageous excess, and ending in the effusion of blood. The dreadful precedent was too soon followed by other heads of parties, who without the same good intentions towards the public, or so plausible an excuse, sacrificed to their own vengeance avarice or ambition some of the best men who ever adorned their country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.