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The images of twenty of the most illustrious families—the Manlii, the Quinctii, and other names of equal splendour—were carried before it [the bier of Junia]. Those of Brutus and Cassius were not displayed; but for that very reason they shone with pre-eminent lustre.
The images of twenty of the most illustrious families—the Manlii, the Quinctii, and other names of equal splendour—were carried before it [the bier of Junia]. Those of Brutus and Cassius were not displayed; but for that very reason they shone with pre-eminent lustre.
Approximate author period: c. 86 AD · classical
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- Tacitus
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- Approximate author period: c. 86 AD · classical
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Annales. iii. 76. 11.
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