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restorcd io ihe Roman People the command of the sea, 

 he celehrated a triumph over Asia, Po7itus, Armenia, 

 Paphlagonia, Cappadocia, Cicilia, Stjria, the Scythians, 

 Jen-s and Albanians, Iberia, the Island of Creie, ihe 

 Basternae, and, in addition to these, over King Mithridates 

 and Tigranes. 



Thc crownin<j pinnacle of this glorious record was 

 (as he himself deelared in assembly when discoursing 

 on his acliievements) to have found Asia the remotest 

 of the provinces and thcn to have made her a central 

 dominion of his country. If anybody on the other 

 side desires to review in similar manner the achieve- 

 ments of Caesar, who showcd himself greater than 

 Pompey, he must assuredly roU off the entire world, 

 and this it will be agreed is a task without limit. 



XX\'II. There have been various and numerous Eariier cases 

 cases of eminence in the other kinds of excellence. "Qf^^' 

 Cato the first of that name in the Gens Porcia is achievement. 

 dcemed to have exemplificd thc three supreme human 

 achievements, excelling alike as orator, as general 

 and as senator ; all of which distinctions seem to 

 me to have been achieved though not previously 

 yet with greater brilHance in the case of Scipio 

 Aemilianus, and that moreover without the very 

 wide unpopularity that handicapped Cato. So it 

 may be counted an exceptional fact about Cato that 

 he took part in forty-four actions at law and was 

 sued more frequently than anybody else and always 

 acquittcd. 



XX\TII. What person has possessed the .iiost out- 

 standing courage is a subject of unending enquiry, 

 at all events if the legendary testimony of poctry be 

 accepted. Quintus Ennius had a particular admira- 

 tion for Titus Caecilius Teucer and his brother, 



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