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Lucius Manlius Torquatus (consul 65 BC)
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Roman consul in 65 BC
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We have yet extant his funeral oration upon the death of his son, who died consul, which he recited before the people. He was five times consul, and in his first consulship had the honor of a triumph for the victory he gained over the Ligurians, whom he defeated in a set battle, and drove them to take shelter in the Alps, from whence they never after made any inroad nor depredation upon their neighbors. After this…
Plutarch, Plutarch
Close in meaning to Lucius Manlius Torquatus; the term itself is not named.
Metellus consul designatus. Atqui erat[32] dicturus, ad quem propter diei brevitatem perventum non est, heros ille noster Cato. Sic ego conservans rationem institutionemque nostram tueor, ut possum, illam a me conglutinatam concordiam.
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Cicero
Close in meaning to Lucius Manlius Torquatus; the term itself is not named.
Quare, patres conscripti, incumbite ad salutem rei publicae, 4 circumspicite omnes procellas, quae impendent, nisi providetis. Non Ti. Gracchus, quod iterum tribunus pl. fieri voluit, non C. Gracchus, quod agrarios concitare conatus est, non L. Saturninus, quod C. Memmium occidit, in discrimen aliquod atque in vestrae severitatis iudicium adducitur: tenentur ii, qui ad urbis incendium, ad vestram omnium caedem, ad…
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Speeches against Catilina
Close in meaning to Lucius Manlius Torquatus; the term itself is not named.
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Part of Epicureanism.
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