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Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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mises. His first consulship was a stormy one; civil fac-tion ran high. The power of Cato and his party was broken. Cicero abandonedpolitical life and retired to his country villa to engage in the literary work bywhich he is remembered. Many sighed with relief when Caesars year of officedrew to a close. But he had taken no false step, and every rival had yielded tohim. He saw in the confusion of affairs, in the corruption of the people, andin the weakness of the Senate, the speedy numbering of the days of the freestate. Pompey was fretting and waiting for the Senate to place its power inhis hands as Dictator. Caesar knew that if he was ever to attain supreme rulehe must seize it for himself. And how was this to be done? It would be suicide for him to attempt itamid the warring factions at home. He must leav^e Rome, and, in the field offoreign adventure and conquest, gather the laurels that in due time would en-able him to return to the city and demand the prize of the conqueror. He had
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Rome—CiEsar Conquers Gaul 367 the example of Alexander before him, and it shone forth as liis guiding star.His generous nature leads us to believe that he had absolute faith in the bene-fits which he would thus be able to bestow upon his country. The Senate ga\c him an insignificant mission near home, but the people setaside the decree, and offered him the provinces of Cisalpine and Illyricum forfive years, with an army of three legions. The threatened disturbances in thoseregions called for a strong hand to repress them, and, to use a modern vulgar-ism, the pull of Caesar induced the Senate not only to consent to the assign-ment, but to add to it the Transalpine Province. It was in the spring of B.C. 58 that Caesar entered Gaul, and for nine yearshe turned all his energies to conquering the tribes from the Rhone to the Seine,the Rhine and the Atlantic. The opportunity was a golden one, for it gavefull play to his military genius, and promised to e.xalt his reputation far abovethat

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