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  • He was charged with seeking kingly power, and, on account of his alleged movements with that purpose, Cincinnatus was appointed dictator, and Maelius, resisting a summons to his tribunal, was killed by Ahala, his master of the horse.

    De Amicitia, Scipio's Dream Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • Indeed, if leaders were wanted for the purpose of delivering the country, what need was there of my instigating the Bruti, one of whom saw every day in his house the image of Lucius Brutus, and the other saw also the image of Ahala?

    The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • Indeed, if leaders were wanted for the purpose of delivering the country, what need was there of my instigating the Bruti, one of whom saw every day in his house the image of Lucius Brutus, and the other saw also the image of Ahala?

    VII. The Second Oration Against Mark Antony 1906

  • The consular tribunes for the following year were C. Servilius Ahala-for the third time-Q.

    The History of Rome, Vol. I 1905

  • But seeing the fate which awaited him, he refused to go, whereupon Ahala rushed into the crowd and struck him dead upon the spot.

    A Smaller History of Rome William Smith 1853

  • Ahala was brought to trial, and only escaped condemnation by a voluntary exile.

    A Smaller History of Rome William Smith 1853

  • The deed of Ahala is frequently mentioned by Cicero and other writers in terms of the highest admiration, but it was regarded by the Plebeians at the time as an act of murder.

    A Smaller History of Rome William Smith 1853

  • The people, dif -. gufted at their meannefs, and afliamed to fee them ftand in competition with fenators and confulars of the firft rpnk, gave all their fufFrages to the nobles, and chofe three patricians, C. Julius lulus, P. C.rnelius C.ffiis, and C. Servilius Ahala.

    An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time 1780

  • Anno vero feq. a Q. Servilio "Ahala dicla - tore, cujus Magifter equitum Q.indtius fuit, acie fufos Gal - los prodit ibid. g.

    Appiani Alexandrini Romanarvm historiarvm qvae svpersvnt: Novo stvdio ... Appianus, Johann Schweighäuser 1785

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