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Antoninus.
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Sicilian, age 26.
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Singer of songs.
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For whom did you practice
this wondrous talent?
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For the children of my master...
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whom l also taught
the classics.
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Classics, indeed.
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What position have we, l wonder,
for a boy of such varied gifts?
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You shall be my body servant.
lnstruct him.
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All of you, come with me.
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Are you on guard duty?
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My dear Crassus,
congratulate me.
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Or better still,
let us congratulate each other.
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l congratulate us.
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Tomorrow l lead six cohorts
of the garrison...
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against the slaves on Vesuvius.
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The whole city
is turning out to see us off.
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Great merciful
bloodstained gods!
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Your pardon.
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l always address heaven
in moments of triumph.
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Did Gracchus have something
to do with this brilliant affair?
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Yes, he even proposed it.
Rather decently, too.
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And you? Do you think l made you
commander of the garrison...
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to control some rock patch
on Vesuvius?
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lt was to control
the streets of Rome!
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l only take six cohorts.
The rest of the garrison remains.
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- Under whose command?
- Under Caesar's.
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Excellent, excellent!
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Finding Gracchus in control
of the mob and the senate...
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you felt compelled to hand over
the garrison to him also.
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l see.
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I'll refuse. I'll withdraw
from the expedition.
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One of the disadvantages
of being a patrician...
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is that occasionally
you're obliged to act like one.
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You pledged the senate to go,
and go you must.