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And among the Patriciate, what name was more august than Servilius Caepio?
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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It was thought that this meant the death of the Patriciate, so sight of its bare dry limbs brought Caesar no pleasure.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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He would, however, do something special for the men of his own order, the Patriciate.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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It could hardly be considered an inconsistency were we to interpret the seventh head as signifying both the Patriciate of Ravenna and the
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This eighth head, however, was "of the seven"; for it was the same as the sixth, both being Imperial -- the first being in the Augustan line, and the other in the Carlovingian, and separated from each other by the seventh, or Patriciate.
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At Arles, near the river, is a palace of Constantine the Great, now turned into cottages and sheds, and in a very ruinous condition, but sufficient of it is preserved to show what a falling off in architecture had ensued through the anarchy of rising and sinking emperors, and the destruction of the great families of the Patriciate.
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[Sidenote: Patriciate.] 'In olden times the Patricians were said to derive their origin from
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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Besides the thirteen persons who, as acting Ministers of the highest class, were entitled to the designation of Illustris, there were also those whom we may call honorary members of the class: the persons who had received the dignity of the Patriciate -- a dignity which was frequently bestowed on those who had filled the office of Consul, and which, unlike the others of which we have been speaking, was held for life.
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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The Praefecture of this Cassiodorus probably lasted three or four years, and at its close he received the high honour of the Patriciate.
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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Patriciate is exalted, since none of my fellow-countrymen will hold cheaply that rank in you which he sees honoured in me.
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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