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  • Vatinius (acting for Cæsar) to name Bibulus, L. L.cullus, Curio (father and son), L. Domitius Ahenobarbus, L. L.ntulus, L. Paullus, Cicero himself, his son-in-law Piso, and M. L.terensis, as having been all more or less privy to the plot to murder Pompey and Cæsar.

    The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • Cato, whom Brutus married being his cousin, not a maiden, but a young widow after the death of her first husband Bibulus, by whom she had also a young son called Bibulus, who afterwards wrote a book of the acts and gests of Brutus, extant at this present day.

    The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece Various 1887

  • Bibulus, by whom she had also a young son called Bibulus, who afterwards wrote a book of the acts and gests of Brutus ....

    The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar William Shakespeare 1590

  • Bibulus retaliated by letting it be known that he was perpetually on his roof, studying the auguries, and that they were consistently unfavorable—thus no official business could legally be transacted.

    CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

  • Bibulus and his supporters were clearly having difficulty reaching the temple steps.

    CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

  • “This is an outrage!” he protested, no doubt stung to find the moral high ground temporarily taken from him by Bibulus.

    CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

  • The tribunes were felled early on and carried away, but somehow Bibulus—and behind him Cato, who had been released from prison—did at last manage to reach his objective.

    CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

  • Bibulus pointed to the heavens and made a cutting gesture across his throat.

    CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

  • Bibulus locked himself away in his house and refused to move, whereupon Caesar declared that he would govern through assemblies of the people, which Vatinius, as tribune, would summon on his behalf.

    CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

  • It was the first day of the new month, and Bibulus, who had a bandage around his forehead, was in the chair.

    CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

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