ἱστορίαι Historiai
Tac. Ann. 3.76 The Annals, Tacitus; served verbatim
Junia too, the niece of Cato, wife of Caius Cassius and sister of Marcus Brutus, died this year, the sixty-fourth after the battle of Philippi. Her will was the theme of much popular criticism, for, with her vast wealth, after having honourably mentioned almost every nobleman by name, she passed over the emperor. Tiberius took the omission graciously, and did not forbid a panegyric before the Rostra with the other customary funeral honours. The busts of twenty most illustrious families were borne in the procession, with the names of Manlius, Quinctius, and others of equal rank. But Cassius and Brutus outshone them all, from the very fact that their likenesses were not to be seen.

The Greek stands ready in the workroom; the English is served. Both faces will read together.

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Filed here — the addresses this episode attests; counted by the house’s first pass
battle of Philippi — a candidate entry Cassius — a candidate entry Cato — a candidate entry Marcus — a candidate entry

The Annals, Tacitus — translated by Alfred John Church & William Jackson Brodribb, 1876
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