Note 005 Cicero frankly (ad Atticum, l. ii. Epist. 5) or indirectly (ad Familiar. 1. xv. Epist 4) confesses that the Augurate is the supreme object of his wishes. Pliny is proud to tread in the footsteps of Cicero (1. iv. Epist. 8), and the chain of tradition might be continued from history and marbles.

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The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire— Chapter 28