You aided me to escape the myrmidons of Sulla.
You were with me in Greece.

You shared my joy in my political successes, my triumphs in the field.

And now what am I to do?
You know the last advices from Rome; you know the determination of the consuls to work my ruin.

To-day no news has come at all, and for us no news is the worst of news." [151] Slave who looked after the welfare and conduct of a schoolboy.
"Domine," said Antiochus, wiping his eyes, "I cannot dream that the Senate and Pompeius will deny you your right to the second consulship." "But if they do?
You know what Curio reports.

What then ?" Antiochus shook his head.
"It would mean war, bloody war, the upturning of the whole world!" "War, or--" and Caesar paused.
"What, my lord ?" said the freedman.
"I cease either to be a care to myself or my enemies." "I do not understand you, domine," ventured Antiochus, turning pale.
"I mean, good friend," said the proconsul, calmly, "that when I consider how little life often seems worth, and how much disaster the continuance of my act of living means to my fellow-men, I feel often that I have no right to live." Antiochus staggered with dread.