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Excerpt from The Roman History From the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium, Vol. 8: That Is, to the End of the Commonwealth M5. Hi5 conduit in tbe government of Mac: donia. Hi5 deatb. T be cbaraeier of tbe two Conful5. 7 be autbority of ebe Senate wa5 at tbat time weakened, and tbe order of Kn igbt5 turned out of it. Pompey demand5 tbe confirmation of bi5 atl5. Lacalla5 oppofe5 it in tbc Senate. 4 law pro pofd by a Tribune of tbe People, to afiign land5 to tbc fol dier5 of Pompey. I be ambiguou5 conduit cf Cicero. T be C077f1/ Metella5 opp fe5 tbc law. Motion5 of tbeli Helvetii in Gaul. Tbc Conful 15 put intoprifon by tbc Tribune Flaviu5. Tbe cony'i ancy of tbc Conful. Pompey allie5 wiftn Clodia5. Clodia5 at temp f5 to make bse a Pi'ebeian, to get tbe ofiiw of Tribune. Ceefar, at' tbc expiration of 7915 Pratoroip, baving tbe province of Ulterior Spain afigned to bim, i5 opped by bz5 creditor5, wben be would bave gone tbitber. Crafiu5 aeliver5 bim from tbe mo/t importunate. T be faying of Gafar concerning a pitiful little town in tbc Alp5. He create5 a war in Spain. n admirable oticon of one of Cc ar'5 fo/dzer5. Gafar'5 admini/tration becomd. He return5 into Italy, and decline5 a triumpb to gain zbe Conful/bip. 'he form5 tbc triumvirate. I5 named Confiel witb Bibulu5. A law to aboli/b toll5 and dutze5 to be paid upon entering Rome or any part5 of Italy. Apiece of painting zn frefco btoogbt from Lacedemonia to Rome, 38 5661. I II 7 be fabtiou5 bebavieur of Cafar in Two cuftom5 eftob i/bed or renewed by bim, according to Seaton ia5. 7 be Agrarian law5 pro/c; ntcd to tbc Senate by Ceefir. 77: e Senator5 f lent T be jleodinefi of Cato. Cm far fend5 Cato to pri/e'n, afterward5 releafe5 bim. Declare5 in Senate, tbat be will go and addrej} bimfe/f to tbe People. He trie5 in vain to gain over bi5 Collegue. Pompey and C7 afiu5 approve of tbc law public/ely. C[be law pafie5. Bi bulu5 i5 j07 d to jbnt bimfielf up in bi5 own boufe for cigbe montb5 entirely. Gafar ae'l