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The war against Antony and Cleopatra

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The Triumvirate - Isn't It?

I feel sorry for Cicero. He might actually, had he been a bit more helpful to Caesar, might have managed to save something from the wreckage. I certainly pity him having to end his life in this way after a pretty heroic career. And I believe they cut out his tongue and nail it to a door somewhere. In his hands, they nail to the roster in the Roman Forum. They've actually got legal powers, they've raised legal armies, and they go off and to fight the assassins. So how does that turn out for them? Well, they defeat the assassins, they meet the assassins in northeastern Greece, outside the city of Philippi. The principle of the assassins should

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