At about the same time he took to wife Calpurnia, daughter of Lucius Piso, who was to succeed him in the consulship, and afanced his own daughter Julia to Gnaeus Pompeius, breaking a previous engagement with Servilius Caepio, although the latter had shortly before rendered him conspicuous service in his contest with Bibulus. And after this new alliance he began to call upon Pompey first to give his opinion in the senate, although it had been his habit to begin with Crassus, and it was the rule for the consul in calling for opinions to continue throughout the year the order which he had established on the Kalends of January.
The Greek stands ready in the workroom; the English is served. Both faces will read together.
Bibulus — a life Crassus — a life January — a candidate entry Julia — a candidate entry Lucius — a candidate entry Piso — a candidate entry Pompeius — a candidate entry Pompey — a life
The Deified Julius, Suetonius — translated by J. C. Rolfe, 1913
Apparatus shelf — Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars (J. C. Rolfe translation; Dover republication) · J. C. Rolfe, 1913 (preface dated Philadelphia, April 1913); Dover Publications republication, 2018
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