[Lcc-general] Thus the descendants of Octavia and

Wed Dec 23 17:38:37 CET 2009

PTER XL. THE CIVIL WARS BETWEEN CAESAR AND POMPEY. (M1010) The condition
of Rome when Caesar returned, crowned with glory, from his Gallic
campaign, in which he had displayed the most consummate ability, was
miserable enough. The constitution had been assailed by all the leading
chieftains, and even Cicero could only give vent to his despair and
indignation in impotent lamentations. The cause of liberty was already
lost. Caesar had obtained the province of Gaul for ten years, against
all former precedent, and Pompey had obtained the extension of his
imperium for five additional years. Both these generals thus had armies
and an independent command for a period which might be called
indefinite--that is, as long as they could maintain their authority in a
period of anarchy. Rome was disgraced by tum
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