onius. The last year of Cicero’s life, full of glory and eloquence no doubt , was ruinous to the Roman People. Posterity, ge

s death, protected by influential politicians, he lay low, lurking no doubt in Picenum. 5 When Sulla landed at Brundisium, th

t among Caesar’s soldiers and officers; and there was solid ground to doubt the loyalty of Caesar’s best marshal, T. Labienus

diadem at a public ceremony. ‘Caesarem se, non regem esse. ’3 Beyond doubt the Dictator’s powers were as considerable as tho

opinquity and duration. In Verona the father of the poet Catullus, no doubt a person of substance, was the friend and host of

wn person. Italy was held to be firm for conservative interests. No doubt : the propertied classes looked with distrust upon

his great exploits in Gaul. 3 The power and wealth of the Pompeii no doubt raised up many enemies against them in their own

f Sertorius in the Caesarians Vatinius and Sallustius. 6 They were no doubt followed by knights whom Caesar promoted. Campani

n, which was to seize and maintain primacy in the Caesarian party. No doubt Antonius desired them to be away from Rome: a tem

ore and after the proconsul returned, on any excuse. Piso replied, no doubt with some effect. 3 Nor did any political enemy o

on in the person of Antonius appeared unshakable. At last, after long doubt and hesitation, Cicero set out for Greece. He sai

as a pendant to De officiis. 4 Cicero defined the nature of glory, no doubt showing how far, for all their splendour and powe

llowed the unimpeachable example of the patriotic Lepidus, in word no doubt as well as in deed; Pollio likewise, though not a

rsuaded to contribute their funds4 for the salvation of the State, no doubt . By the end of the year almost all Macedonia was

the true relation between the three leaders. After elaborate and no doubt necessary precautions for personal security, the

story; and in later days, personal danger and loss of estates were no doubt invented or enhanced by many astute individuals w

h a fleet for the Republic. 10 Most of the assassins of Caesar had no doubt left Italy at an early date; and the party was

existence, not merely the relevance, of Saloninus may be called into doubt ; 5 further, there is no reason to imagine that Po

the loss of honour by twenty-four years. The ruin of Lepidus had no doubt been carefully contrived, with little risk to its

arrived there awaited him a welcome, sincere as never before. Many no doubt in all classes regretted the son of Pompeius the

in the Roman State. The young Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, beyond all doubt the best of his family, refused to accept amnesty

and talent, not ancestral imagines and dead consuls. Hence no little doubt whether the motley party of Antonius with a varie

but her dupe and her agent. Of the ability of Cleopatra there is no doubt : her importance in history, apart from literature

onents of the national unity and the crusade against the East were no doubt to be found in the order of Roman knights and amo

d venerable relic, intact after the passage of four centuries, was no doubt invoked to demonstrate that Crassus had no valid

itious, succumbed to imprudence or the calumny of his enemies, who no doubt were numerous. Octavianus disowned him, breaking

. c, 120 ff.). That Augustus exercised such a supervision there is no doubt —but in virtue of his auctoritas. Augustus’ own wo

ctivity of Cicero in the last year of his life. The smooth Plancus no doubt acquiesced, adding his voice to the chorus. Polli

e grossly exaggerated by the adulatory or the uncritical. Such was no doubt the opinion of the suspicious Tacitus, ever alert

C. Norbanus Flaccus and the polyonymous A. Terentius Varro Murena. No doubt about any of these men, or at least no candidate

ill that he suffered severe financial losses during the Civil Wars no doubt a conventional assertion, not restricted to any o

ighly respectable. Some said that Vitellius’ father was a freedman no doubt he had many enemies. L. Annaeus Seneca, a wealthy

51), might be related to this family. 2 There could scarcely be any doubt about [M]amius Murrius Umber (ILS 8968). The gent

rona, Patavium, Brixia, Pola and Concordia. 2 Excellent persons, no doubt , and well endowed with material goods. But August

ave restored the Free State. That was left to Augustus’ successor, no doubt in virtue of his final instructions. 1 The year A

ster: her sons were Sex. Appuleius and M. Appuleius, both consuls, no doubt at an early age. The schemes devised by Augustu

it was C. Ateius Capito who then interpreted the Sibylline oracle no doubt to justify the date chosen by the government. 6 Y

ovinces. The precise manner of its working is unknown, the results no doubt satisfactory. Moreover, the choice of a proconsul

er the character of the Roman constitution: his influence, checked no doubt for a long time by Augustus, may be detected in t

y had, and Varro, whom posterity knows as a learned antiquary, was no doubt a competent administrator. In this matter the P

ny important military operations are barely known, other campaigns no doubt have lapsed into oblivion. No complete record e

mably, M. Lollius c. 19–18 B.C. (Dio 54, 20, 3) in Macedonia; and, no doubt , many others. The language in which the cities of

hung im Principat des Augustus (1935), 93 ff. There can hardly be any doubt that their powers were developed and used, though

here must be financial experts lurking somewhere. Moreover, it was no doubt only the residue of the revenues from his own pro

n gained experience in the frontier provinces, the consulate, and, no doubt , a place in councils of State. Silius had conduct

now to depart from Rome and set in order the affairs of the East (no doubt with a special imperium). While Tiberius governed

hodes. His career was ended, his life precarious. Of that, none could doubt who studied dynastic politics and the working of

ria by Varus in 6 B.C. may, or may not, have had political causes. No doubt , however, about the significance of Ahenobarbus a

the youthful vigour of the martial Republic. They were emboldened to doubt it. 2 More than that, the solid fabric of law and

e. No fewer than eighty-two required his attention, so he claimed, no doubt with exaggeration,5 passing over the considerable

of recent and contemporary history had been preserved, they would no doubt set forth the ‘lessons of history’ in a vivid and

omage they enjoyed. Caesar accepted honours from whomsoever voted, no doubt in the spirit in which they were granted: policy

traditional stories of variegated vice were freely circulated and no doubt widely believed: they belong to a category of lit

osecution and hounding to death of the assassins of Caesar. It was no doubt recalled that Caesar’s heir had been willing, for

our. 6 Of the pre-eminence of Labeo in legal scholarship there was no doubt : he spent one half of the year instructing his pu

was elevated to the purple. He had no children one of the reasons, no doubt , for the choice. There were others: at this time

cupido cum imperii magnitudine adolevit erupitque,’ &c. Pollio no doubt had similar observations to proffer. 2 Tacitus,

That the power of Caesar Augustus was absolute, no contemporary could doubt . But his rule was justified by merit, founded u