History of Julius Caesar

Jacob Abbott

Capitolo 27

funeral prayer;  it was in the case of his own wife, his/her daughter of
Cinna during that you/he/she had been the colleague and coadjutor of Marius the
days of his/her power. It was not usual to pronounce such panegyrics on
Lord Roman unless they had reached to an advanced age. Caesar,
however you/he/she was prepared to manufacture an exception the case of his own wife to,
the rule to the agenda. He saw in the occasion an opportunity to give a new
impelled to the popular cause, and to make the further progress in to earn
the popular favor. The experiment was also successful in this example.
The people were pleased to the apparent affection that his/her action
shown;  and as Cornelia was the daughter of Cinna, he had the opportunity,
under pretext to praise the birth and parentage of the dead one, to
you praise the men that the party of Sylla had banished and you/he/she had destroyed. In a word,
the saw of patrician party with anxiety and it feared that Caesar it was quickly
consolidating and organizing, and bringing again to his/her former strength
and vigor, a party whose restoration to motorize would clearly involve
them really political, and perhaps personal downfall.

[Sidenote: Caesar in the office.]
[Sidenote: Show and funs.]

Caesar started soon to receive appointments to public office, and this way
quickly increased his/her influence and the power. Public officers and
candidates for office had gotten used in those days to spend the great sums
of money in show and shows to amuse the people. Caesar went over
all limit in these expenses. He brought gladiatorial from distant
provinces, and he/she trained them to the great expense, to fight in the enormous one
amphitheaters of the city, in the mean of enormous reunions of men. Wild
beasts were also gotten by the forests of Africa, and it brought on
in the great numbers, under his/her direction that is probable that the people are
entertained by their fights with captives taken in war that was
reserved for this terrible fate. Caesar gave, also, splendid
funs, of the most luxurious and expensive character and him
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