Identifier: greatestnations03elli (find matches)
Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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etism of manner was resistless.She was a fascinating singer and musician, spoke several languages, and waspast-mistress in all the arts and artifices of her sex. None knew better how tocapture and to retain her dominion over such a coarse wretch as Antony.What strange stories have come down to us of that extraordinary couple IWhen he dropped a line into the water, trained divers by her orders slippedunperceived underneath and fastened live fish to the hook; she dissolved apearl of princely value in a cup of vinegar, and drank it to his health. The rumors of these orgies caused resentment in Rome, where the tact andwisdom of Octavius steadily added to his popularity. One of the chief sup-porters of Antony became so nauseated that he appeared in the Senate andopenly declared his abhorrence of his late master. Then he went to Octaviusand revealed the testament of Antony, which reeked with treason. It declaredthe child of Cleopatra and Caesar the heir of the Dictator, and ratified Antonys
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Rome—Battle of Actium 401 drunken gifts of provinces to favorites, finally directing that his body should beentombed with Cleopatras in the mausoleum of the Ptolemies. All this hid-eous wickedness being known, every one was ready to believe the story thatAntony when drunk had given his pledge to Cleopatra to sacrifice the West toher ambition and to remove to Alexandria the government of the world. Octavius, while refraining from declaring Antony a public enemy, pro-claimed war against Egypt, and did not renew the terms of the Triumviratewhich had expired, but directed the Senate to annul the appointment of Antonyas consul, assuming it himself at the opening of B.C. 31. Antony still had friends, and they now begged him to wrench himself freefrom Cleopatra. He replied by divorcing his legitimate wife, thus breakingthe last legal tie that bound him to his country. He could not wholly closehis eyes to his peril, however, and showed some of his old-time vigor in prepar-ing to resist Octa

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