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  • Reduced to a small group of 8 people, in the dark, we sought refuge in an abandoned school bus, under the freeway on Cilo Street.

    Stop the cover-up now « BuzzMachine 2005

  • Cilo died young, before holding the chief municipal post, and before Pliny was of age; and Verginius Rufus became Pliny's guardian.

    The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

  • Cilo told me what they were called, and where they lived; he then added that one day they would all belong to me; that I must learn the art of fighting, in case they resisted me, and should require suppressing.

    A Thorny Path — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867

  • I killed Papinian, the lawyer and prefect, and Cilo -- whom you saw yesterday -- nearly shared the same fate.

    A Thorny Path — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867

  • Cilo explained to me who had made the statues of the Romans who had served their country, who the artists and scholars were, whose statues and busts were carried by.

    A Thorny Path — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867

  • He ordered Cilo, who was then the prefect of Rome, to lead me to the seats of the past consuls and the old senators.

    A Thorny Path — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867

  • As soon as I could use my foot again I became an industrious and docile pupil under Cilo.

    A Thorny Path — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867

  • My nurse had taught me that being good meant doing unto others as we would be done by; Cilo cried to me: 'Strike down, that you may not be struck down -- away with mercy, if the welfare of the state is threatened!'

    A Thorny Path — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867

  • Then Cilo stroked my hair, and said: 'leave him his toys.

    A Thorny Path — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867

  • Cilo taught me to place my own power, and the greatness of the realm which it would be incumbent on me to reign over, above everything, even above the gods.

    A Thorny Path — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867

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