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  • That they were crouded together appears from the height of their houses, which the poet Rutilius compared to towers made for scaling heaven.

    Travels through France and Italy 2004

  • And as Rutilius relates, (in all other respects a fair and faithful authority, but, indeed, privately an enemy to Marius,) he obtained his sixth consulship by distributing vast sums of money among the tribes, and by this bribery kept out Metellus, and had Valerius Flaccus given him as his instrument, rather than his colleague, in the consulship.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • Payen de religion, Rutilius a montr� son aversion pour la religion chr閠ienne dans des vers o�, confondant ensemble les chr閠iens et les Juifs, il dit du mal des deux sectes.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Rutilius, in which he attempted to exasperate him to the laughter of all the Romans in Asia; though most men justly conjecture this to be a malicious invention of Theophanes, who probably hated

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • Romans, who had left two legions of soldiers to guard the Capuans from the Samnites (as we said elsewhere); the Heads of those legions conspired together to oppress the Capuans: when this was learned at Rome, they commissioned Rutilius, the new Consul, that this be prevented; who, to lull the conspirators to sleep, had published that the Senate had reaffirmed the quartering of the legions in Capua.

    Discourses 2003

  • Rutilius because he was a man in nothing like himself; or perhaps it might be to gratify Pompey, whose father is described by

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • Rutilius left the personal question unanswered, implying he was innocent.

    Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

  • THE NIGHT BEFORE the Games, Rutilius and I took a quiet walk out to the amphitheater.

    Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

  • After a look, I consulted Rutilius, then we set out to climb the rows of seats.

    Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

  • “Saturninus just happened to have one,” replied Rutilius.

    Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

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