THE LIVES
OF
THE TWELVE CAESARS
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Lives of the Grammarians -
Lives of the Poets
[122] A.U.C. 712-718
[123] The Romans employed slaves in their wars only in cases of great
emergency, and with much reluctance. After the great slaughter at the
battle of Cannae, eight thousand were bought and armed by the republic.
Augustus was the first who manumitted them, and employed them as rowers
in his gallies.
[124] In the triumvirate, consisting of Augustus, Mark Antony, and
Lepidus.
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