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Excerpt from The Roman History, From the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth, Vol. 5 of 6 The consuls of the new year were L. Calpurnius Yenrot' Piso and A. Gabinius; the one the father-in-law of rome Caesar; the other the creature of Pompey. Before 3 0 57 their entrance into Office, Cicero had conceived great 3o4th con. Hopes of both, on account of the influence they were w under; but especially of Piso, to whom (by the Ad Quint. Marriage of his daughter Tullia to C. Piso) he was F 1' 2' allied, and who had lately given him marks of con fidence, having employed him, at the time of the election, to preside over the votes of the leading Post. Bed. Century; and when he entered into his office, on the lst Of January, asked his opinion the third in the senate, or the next after Pompey and Crassus: but he presently found himselfdeceived; for Glodina had Pro Sat. Already secured them to his measures, by a private m' contract, to procure for them, by a grant of the people, two Of the best governments of the empire: for Piso, Macedonia, with Greece and Thessaly; for Gabinius. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.