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At last, speaking to Volumnius in Greek, he reminded him of their common studies and former discipline, and begged that he would take hold of his sword with him, and help him to thrust it through him.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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Among the captives there was one Volumnius, a player, and Sacculio, a buffoon; of these Brutus took no manner of notice, but his friends brought them before him, and accused them that even then in that condition they did not refrain from their jests and scurrilous language.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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At first, looking up to heaven, that was then full of stars, he repeated two verses, one of which, Volumnius writes, was this: —
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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Brutus, smiling with much meaning, said to Volumnius, “It is all drunk; but you shall have some more fetched.”
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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Now Volumnius was ordered to make war upon the Samnites; Fabius
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Josephus speaks of Volumnius as being Kaisaros hegemon, together with C. Sentius Saturninus, in Syria
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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A note to Mr. Yonges translation explains that this woman was a courtezan who had been enfranchised by her master Volumnius, and that the name of Volumnia was dear to the Romans as that of the wife of Coriolanus, to whose entreaties he had yielded when he drew off his army from the neighborhood of Rome.
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Volumnius had by this time taken three fortified posts in Samnium in which as many as 3000 men were killed and almost half that number made prisoners.
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Samnium could be handed over to L. Volumnius, or, if the consul preferred to keep to his own province, Volumnius should go to the support of Fabius with a full consular army.
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Volumnius was engaged before Appius reached the enemy, so the battle began on an irregular front, and the usual opponents happened to be interchanged, the Etruscans facing Volumnius and the Samnites, after a short delay owing to their leader's absence, closing with Appius.
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