cicero chapters 1/2 28-29

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quod denique genus esse belli potesr, in quo illum non exercuerit fortuna rei publica?

Lastly what description of war can there be in which the misfortune of the Republic has not trained him?

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Civile, Africanum, Transalpinum, Hispaniense (mixtum ex civitatibus atque ex bellicosissimus nationibus), servile, navale bellum, varia et diversa genera et bellorum et hostium

civil, in Africa, across the alps, in Spain (stirred up from the most warlike cities and nations) against slaves, naval war, varied and different types of war and enemies

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non solum gesta ab hic uno, sed etiam confecta, nullam rem esse declarant in usu positam militari quae huius viri scientiam fugere possit.

Not only waged by this one man but even completed they show that there is no matter set in the experience of a soldier which can escape the knowledge of this man

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iam

But now, what speech can be found equal to the virtue of Gnaius Pompey? What is said anyone can say that will be either worthy of him or new to you or unheard-of by anyone?

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neque

For neither are those the only virtues of a general, which are commonly thought - labour in business, strength amid dangers, hard work in action, speed in completion,

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Civile, Africanum, Transalpinum, Hispaniense (mixtum ex civitatibus atque ex bellicosissimus nationibus), servile, navale bellum, varia et diversa genera et bellorum et hostium

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civil, in Africa, across the alps, in Spain (stirred up from the most warlike cities and nations) against slaves, naval war, varied and different types of war and enemies

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non solum gesta ab hic uno, sed etiam confecta, nullam rem esse declarant in usu positam militari quae huius viri scientiam fugere possit.

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cicero chapters 1/2 28-29