. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . Plate LVI. Cicero (Apsiey House) 484. Plate LVII. Pons Fabricius 485 LAST ERA OF THE REPUBLIC Caesar some thirteen years later, and gave a new characterto the history of Europe. It required another spirit, morelofty and perhaps more unscrupulous than his, to perpetratethat glorious treason. Some moments of inward conflict hedoubtless had while the glittering image of a crown floatedbefore his eyes. Then, averting, his thoughts from the insidioustemptation, he disbanded his troops and set
. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . Plate LVI. Cicero (Apsiey House) 484. Plate LVII. Pons Fabricius 485 LAST ERA OF THE REPUBLIC Caesar some thirteen years later, and gave a new characterto the history of Europe. It required another spirit, morelofty and perhaps more unscrupulous than his, to perpetratethat glorious treason. Some moments of inward conflict hedoubtless had while the glittering image of a crown floatedbefore his eyes. Then, averting, his thoughts from the insidioustemptation, he disbanded his troops and set out for Rome. PoMPEius Neglected Before long it became apparent that his great act of re-nunciation had been made in vain. Supreme in the camp,Pompeius was helpless as a child in the field of politics. LikeMarius, he was abashed and disconcerted by the clamours ofa popular audience, and his training, which was exclusivelymilitary, unfitted him to mingle in the poHshed circles ofwhich Cicero was the brightest ornament. If he turned to thenobles he encountered the envenomed hatred of Lucullus andMetellus,^ each of whom had a personal grudge
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