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s.v. <Comelius', col. 1423. ·"?,".~,,,.n· 1513f. The taboos

e.g. Rel.

15£.); are 2-seven geller.atl()ns

we any case deduce.

office. Max. vi 9,6,

uitam election, at QU8Lesb::>r at 25, ambition account for it, or a

13 Val. l.c. reaction.

1962, 17f. for the stemma, RE, s.v. <Iulius', coIl. 183-4.

bn>th,ers about to careers was Marius' For. Client. for the

tried

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torians to serve as manders. No other case is

less on quaestors. we can assume must

27 As

31 Studies 39). For Sulla MaJ'. 32.

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to it. the front rank

of M. Scaurus could no doubt SuHa was, a sense, of

36 Cf. the incident noted in 37 Plutarch

him This is

As tribune 52 since the father was

that office. Hence or there

38 For date of this see For.

decisive evidence. at

1969,

son was

of

73,7. sense

205f.

20

22 23

prc)scI'ib€:d at 1600. See Gabba's confirm some

67

26

retirement H istm'ia article

71 mito SiUa', 2 179f.).

28

30

83 u ________ -_

a the Senate eXI)ressed. (See Cic. tam. xv 4,4: uerecunrua deterritus non lum tantum

to

recusaui; neque enim umquam unum pericu-mallem uestrae auctoritati

tam. viii seems

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