XIV.
THE MASTER-SPIRITS OF THIS AGE
Tendency towards monarchy—Sertorius and his white fawn—Crassus and
his great house—Cicero, the eloquent orator—Verres, the great thief—
How Verres ran away—Catiline the Cruel—Cæsar, the man born to rule—
Looking for gain in confusion—Lepidus flees after the fight of the
Mulvian bridge—How the two young men caused gladiators to fight—What
Spartacus did—Six thousand crosses—Pompey overawes the senate.
XV.
PROGRESS OF THE GREAT POMPEY
Pompey the principal citizen—Crassus feeds the people at ten thousand tables—How the pirates caught Cæsar, and how Cæsar caught the pirates —Gabinius makes a move—The Manilian law sets Pompey further on— Mithridates fights and flees—Times of treasons, stratagems, and spoils—Catiline plots—The sacrilege of Clodius—Cæsar pushes himself to the front—The last agrarian law—Cæsar's success in Gaul— Vercingetorix appears—Cæsar's conquests.
XVI.
HOW THE TRIUMVIRS CAME TO UNTIMELY ENDS
Pompey builds a theatre—Crassus must make his mark—Cato against Cæsar—Curio helps Cæsar—Solemn jugglery of the pontiffs—Curio warm enough—At the Rubicon—Crossing the little river—Pompey stamps in vain—Cato flees from Rome—Metellus stands aside—Pompey killed— Veni, vidi, vici—Honors and plans of Cæsar—The calendar reformed—Cæsar has too much ambition—'T was one of those coronets— The Ides of March—Antony, the actor—Antony the chief man in Rome— What next?.