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  1   Note           |          Pharsalia" (or, "Civil War", as many scholars now prefer
  2   Note           |     this period that the "Civil War"/"Pharsalia" was probably
  3   Note           |        commentary "On the Civil War". Ten books are extant;
  4   Note           |      account of the Roman Civil War. However, as a work of poetic
  5   Note           |     powerful depiction of civil war and its consequences have
  6    Bib           |         J.D.: "Lucan: The Civil War" (Loeb Classics Library,
  7    Bib           |         Susan H.: "Lucan: Civil War" (Oxford University Press,
  8    Bib           |     Trans.): "Caesar: The Civil War" (Penguin Classics, London,
  9    Bib           |       contains "The Alexandrian War", "The African War", and "
 10    Bib           |  Alexandrian War", "The African War", and "The Spanish War",
 11    Bib           |  African War", and "The Spanish War", all anonymous.~ ~Getzer,
 12      I,    26    |             Wage this nefarious war, but not till then.~ ~ ~ ~
 13      I,    38(3) |      the disasters of the Civil War were being compensated by
 14      I,    41    |  Prevailed not till the giant's war was done,~ ~
 15      I,    51    |     Rome is gainer by the civil war.~ ~
 16      I,    71    |        the temple of the God of War.~ ~
 17      I,   113    |       delayed the advent of the war.~ ~
 18      I,   120    |    Defeat in Parthia loosed the war in Rome.~ ~
 19      I,   135    |     courage vent, and rushed to war.~ ~ ~ ~
 20      I,   147    |                   Had unlearned war; but thirsting for applause~ ~
 21      I,   179    |        public life the seeds of war~ ~
 22      I,   208    |     thousands saw their gain in war.~ ~ ~ ~
 23      I,   258    |                                 War is our judge, and in the
 24      I,   266    |       dark morning of the civil war.~ ~ ~ ~
 25      I,   289    |                    By this path war advances." Thus they moan~ ~
 26      I,   296    |      darkness, lo! the torch of war!~ ~
 27      I,   308(11)|         effect a declaration of war; and Curio, after a last
 28      I,   314    |                     Are laws in war: we driven from our homes;~ ~
 29      I,   350    |          Fly? Though in adverse war~ ~
 30      I,   375    |    cruel Sulla, nursed in civil war,~ ~
 31      I,   389    |      least of long and toilsome war~ ~
 32      I,   407    |         Caesar and the pride of war~ ~
 33      I,   446    |       saw them welcome thus the war~ ~
 34      I,   482    |                 Except in mimic war now hurls the lance.~ ~
 35      I,   494    |              Rejoicest that the war has left thy bounds.~ ~
 36      I,   506    |          ye Druids 19, when the war was done,~ ~
 37      I,   528    |        and heralding the coming war~ ~
 38      I,   545    |       their hated order, as for war;~ ~
 39      I,   559    |      the city gates and fled to war.~ ~
 40      I,   735    |        journey on obscure? 'Tis war that comes,~ ~
 41      I,   736    |                    Fierce rabid war: the sword shall bear the
 42      I,   743    |       thy liberty through civil war."~ ~ ~ ~
 43      I,   767    |                    Of this foul war in foulest murder done.~ ~
 44     II,    50    |       camp and setting forth to war,~ ~
 45     II,    57    |                       To wage a war with Rome: let Parthian
 46     II,    73    |        worth the price of civil war~ ~
 47     II,    78    |   brought with it another civil war.~ ~
 48     II,   248    |        to suffer; and the civil war~ ~
 49     II,   259    |      reward as Sulla's wage the war."~ ~
 50     II,   280    |       by thy presence purge the war of guilt?~ ~
 51     II,   287    |                  Shall Cato for war's sake make war alone?~ ~
 52     II,   287    |        Cato for war's sake make war alone?~ ~
 53     II,   296    |     virtue! All the fury of the war~ ~
 54     II,   310    |        a citizen has joined the war?~ ~
 55     II,   324    |         all wickedness is civil war,~ ~
 56     II,   333    |       dividing seas to join the war?~ ~
 57     II,   347    |                             The war be robbed. I would that,
 58     II,   353    |     death the wounds of all the war!~ ~
 59     II,   361    |    reign shall find no need for war.~ ~
 60     II,   367    |      the youth to action in the war.~ ~ ~ ~
 61     II,   447    |         for the central seat of war,~ ~
 62     II,   496    |             Caesar, in rage for war, rejoicing found~ ~
 63     II,   499    |     Were wasted: now the coming war was joined~ ~
 64     II,   506    |       the earliest onset of the war~ ~
 65     II,   509    |                    And bolts of war to hurl upon the foe~ ~
 66     II,   531    |         Caesar for the Parthian war 21;~ ~
 67     II,   531(21)|       legion. When the Parthian war broke out and the Senate
 68     II,   545    |     Bear onward to the sea. The war shall stop~ ~
 69     II,   569    |   traitor troops, foul crime in war,~ ~
 70     II,   588    |      scenes, degenerate? Rather war,~ ~
 71     II,   605    |                              No war is this, but for offended
 72     II,   616(27)| obtained his first triumph. The war with Sertorius lasted till
 73     II,   621    |        safety from the Parthian war~ ~
 74     II,   630    |         peace because we lag in war.~ ~
 75     II,   725    |                  Sound with the war, all cities of the earth~ ~
 76     II,   774    |             Wherein to wage the war, on chosen ships~ ~
 77     II,   812    |    first bloodshed of the civil war~ ~
 78    III,    14    |         blest inhabit, when the war began,~ ~
 79    III,    38    |    kills not our pledges; civil war~ ~
 80    III,    41    |                    More bent on war, with mind assured of ill,~ ~
 81    III,    59    |                      Unless the war was finished with the stroke.~ ~
 82    III,    83    |                   Not armed for war, but as in time of peace~ ~
 83    III,   102    |        city, since the Northern war~ ~
 84    III,   109    |                            This war is civil: else this coward
 85    III,   144    |       by our curses, sought the war~ ~
 86    III,   150    |         other nations; wage the war on them --~ ~
 87    III,   171    |    wealth, the seeds of direful war.~ ~
 88    III,   193    |        Magnus' fortunes and the war,~ ~
 89    III,   206    |        all Epirus rushes to the war.~ ~
 90    III,   255    |       certain path to reach the war.~ ~ ~ ~
 91    III,   289    |       with ardour for the Roman war~ ~
 92    III,   331    |        chief so many kings made war;~ ~
 93    III,   363    |                  Have rushed to war, or should the giant brood~ ~
 94    III,   406    |               Such be our civil war; not, Caesar, thine."~ ~ ~ ~
 95    III,   412    |                    Unsought the war ye longed for meets you
 96    III,   421    |          They shun the taint of war! Such prayer for peace~ ~
 97    III,   423    |       Learn that not peace, but war within his ranks~ ~
 98    III,   482    |            Spared in the former war, still dense it rose~ ~
 99    III,   579    |           Boys not yet grown to war, and aged men,~ ~
100    III,   624    |                  Draw close the war and drive us on the prows~ ~
101    III,   627    |        sea all covered with the war:~ ~
102    III,   648    |       On either side with equal war contends;~ ~
103    III,   788    |     friends, as some machine of war~ ~
104    III,   828    |               No longer was the war: the Grecian fleet~ ~
105     IV           |       BOOK IV~ Caesar in Spain. War in the Adriatic Sea. Death
106     IV,    27    |                    Guiltless of war, the first day saw the hosts~ ~
107     IV,    55    |     fates and fashioned out the war.~ ~
108     IV,   131    |       groaning world from civil war.~ ~ ~ ~
109     IV,   182    |      That if Petreius held, the war must pass~ ~
110     IV,   192    |       the impious horror of the war.~ ~
111     IV,   197(10)|         the miseries of a civil war. "Victi victoresque in lacrumas
112     IV,   231    |         deeds of prowess in the war,~ ~
113     IV,   240    |     words of wrath, to stir the war:~ ~
114     IV,   253    |                 We wage a civil war. This name of peace~ ~
115     IV,   310    |       breast advancing; let the war~ ~
116     IV,   391    |     arms against thee; when the war,~ ~
117     IV,   392    |                      This civil war, broke out, it found us
118     IV,   403    |       prostrate on the field of war~ ~
119     IV,   409    |   prayer, remitting rights that war~ ~
120     IV,   430    |                430 Of those who war! But these, their amour
121     IV,   452    |        dread the event of civil war.~ ~ ~ ~
122     IV,   546    |                     At least in war's blind cloud we shall not
123     IV,   593    |        for fight: but first the war was stayed~ ~
124     IV,   648    |       Libyan fields ablaze with war.~ ~
125     IV,   714    |   feared, though then unused to war,~ ~
126     IV,   781    |                   Roused him to war. For in the former year,~ ~
127     IV,   787    |         at the insult, came the war,~ ~
128     IV,   820    |    coming victory. In pretended war~ ~
129     IV,   839    |      that taints a Carthaginian war."~ ~
130     IV,   908    |     hast compelled this impious war~ ~
131     IV,   911    |                      Is hid the war. 'Tis thus to suffering
132     IV,   932(27)|        prime mover of the civil war. His arrival in Caesar's
133      V,    40    |       are exiles. 3 Ignorant of war,~ ~
134      V,    77    |   Feared for the chances of the war, and sought~ ~
135      V,   230    |         Escap'st the threats of war: alive, in peace,~ ~
136      V,   266    |     ills of earth, the crash of war -- what god~ ~
137      V,   277    |      eagles to another world of war;~ ~
138      V,   282    |  hoped-for prize of this unholy war~ ~
139      V,   310    |   subdued? Thou giv'st us civil war~ ~
140      V,   341    |                 Shall close the war." With threatening mien
141      V,   344    |        but evil, thus may civil war~ ~
142      V,   354    |          and love the spoils of war.~ ~
143      V,   371    |                     To stay the war; and flee, if such thy wish.~ ~
144      V,   382    |                    The prize of war accomplished, who shall
145      V,   385    |     despised in age and worn in war,~ ~
146      V,   406    |         arms who for so great a war~ ~
147      V,   604    |                     Careless of war, he knew that civil strife~ ~
148      V,   741    |            From ocean's self at war: one billow forced~ ~
149      V,   754    |              Is due, and not to war, intrepid still~ ~
150      V,   800    |                800 To crown the war, that Fortune and the deep~ ~
151      V,   828    |                    And that the war for quick decision called~ ~
152      V,   859    |                   On the eve of war to slumber at thy side,~ ~
153      V,   862    |                 I fear in civil war to feel no loss~ ~
154     VI,     5    |         the glory of successful war~ ~
155     VI,    25    |            Not all the works of war, nor Time himself~ ~
156     VI,    46    |        any ponderous machine of war.~ ~
157     VI,    66    |       the haste and tumult of a war~ ~
158     VI,    75    |       created surface. Here the war~ ~
159     VI,   176    |        valourous deeds in civil war may be~ ~
160     VI,   178    |           His comrades from the war and sought in flight~ ~
161     VI,   218    |                And ramparted by war; in front and rear,~ ~
162     VI,   242    |     alone the wounds of all the war.~ ~
163     VI,   268    |         ye citizens; remove the war~ ~
164     VI,   307    |       Pompeius idly ceased from war,~ ~
165     VI,   335    |                             The war more closely, he withdrew
166     VI,   348    |       their fates. Thus had the war~ ~
167     VI,   376    |               Hesperia when the war began was mine;~ ~
168     VI,   380    |                          380 Be war from Rome, I'll cross the
169     VI,   384    |       the evils of this impious war,~ ~
170     VI,   469    |                Omen of dreadful war; here first he learned,~ ~
171     VI,   491    |     Upon the final issue of the war.~ ~
172     VI,   686    |                      To let the war pass by. Such deaths, she
173     VI,   850    |        soldier perished (if the war~ ~
174     VI,   926    |       discord; and this impious war~ ~
175    VII,    31    |       battle lost, of death and war~ ~
176    VII,    66    |         murmured at the lengthy war.~ ~ ~ ~
177    VII,    75    |        voice of all. To him was war~ ~
178    VII,    84    |      Caesar plunge the world in war?~ ~
179    VII,    93    |                             The war is waged, then give to us
180    VII,   110    |        wound, the prizes of the war~ ~
181    VII,   113    |    bloodless victories in civil war~ ~
182    VII,   120    |                 120 Much of the war is done: the conscript youth~ ~
183    VII,   133    |         safety to the chance of war.~ ~
184    VII,   198    | sacrifice in this thine impious war?~ ~
185    VII,   244    |       and fear the story of the war~ ~
186    VII,   277    |                     Of imminent war, to win or lose it all.~ ~
187    VII,   280    |                  280 This civil war compelled: each instant
188    VII,   308    |                            This war, not Caesar, none were blameless
189    VII,   320    |      320 And scarcely armed for war, a dissonant crowd~ ~
190    VII,   353    |                   Who when this war is done shall have the power~ ~
191    VII,   409    |                        Of civil war ye asked for, is at hand.~ ~
192    VII,   425    |            Unasked the risks of war. Our soldiers boast~ ~
193    VII,   460    |      though free from sword and war~ ~
194    VII,   474    |        monuments -- 'twas civil war~ ~
195    VII,   484    |                         A civil war again, thus deeply drank~ ~
196    VII,   497    |                                 War upon war laid nations at
197    VII,   497    |                        War upon war laid nations at thy feet~ ~
198    VII,   557(20)|           and by Caesar, "Civil War", Book III., 91. Caesar
199    VII,   577    |                        By civil war suffices spear nor lance,~ ~
200    VII,   629    |       Caesar's triumph: and the war~ ~
201    VII,   640    |                 640 Which civil war permits. Be all obscured~ ~
202    VII,   645    |        flaming with the rage of war,~ ~
203    VII,   772    |       given. Too little for the war~ ~
204    VII,   808    |                   Doth stir the war and urge the foeman's arm,~ ~
205    VII,   873    |        prize for wickedness and war~ ~
206    VII,   875    |       masses heaped for need of war~ ~
207    VII,   967    |      the ghastly harvest of the war~ ~
208    VII,   995    |      cleansed from the curse of war?~ ~
209    VII,  1022(30)|           Alluding to the naval war waged by Sextus Pompeius
210   VIII,    30    |  conquering navy and the Pontic war,~ ~
211   VIII,    94    |       hast no loss, nor has the war destroyed~ ~
212   VIII,   119    |                     Who by this war hast vengeance on our vows,~ ~
213   VIII,   140    |                         140 The war renewing. Take, for all
214   VIII,   237(5) |       to Rome, and in the civil war sided with Pompeius. He
215   VIII,   301    |       faithful comrades mine in war and flight!~ ~
216   VIII,   401    |        our leader for the civil war:~ ~
217   VIII,   424    |        nor through the night of war~ ~
218   VIII,   430    |  battering engine or machine of war~ ~
219   VIII,   445    |     without such aid refuse the war?~ ~
220   VIII,   474    |         First to have waged the war upon ourselves,~ ~
221   VIII,   495    |       vengeance in the guise of war?~ ~
222   VIII,   573    |        Magnus owned not ere the war was done,~ ~
223   VIII,   577    |        slaughtered in the civil war~ ~
224   VIII,   611    |                                 War to thy kingdom? Ere the
225   VIII,   633    |          or Egypt? O, may civil war~ ~
226   VIII,   701    |    ministering swords for civil war?~ ~
227   VIII,   796    |                    Was peace or war, that tongue whose eloquent
228   VIII,   944    |        conquered and the Alpine war,~ ~
229     IX,    27    |    poised and balanced, nor the war had given~ ~
230     IX,    36    |      for empire did he wage the war~ ~
231     IX,   106    |        brave the chances of the war~ ~
232     IX,   110    |                 110 Urge on the war; nor let some Caesar find~ ~
233     IX,   241    |         Knew when to sheath it; war did he prefer~ ~
234     IX,   274    |         of Magnus, not of civil war,~ ~
235     IX,   280    | Pompeius' death shall close the war,~ ~
236     IX,   292    |         prime honour. Chance of war appoints~ ~
237     IX,   299    |        keep or save. That civil war~ ~
238     IX,   316    |                     Ye flee the war, and on your abject necks~ ~
239     IX,   355    |       the active conduct of the war~ ~
240     IX,   643    |       To know the issues of the war, and learn~ ~
241     IX,   652    |       and customs, or the civil war~ ~
242     IX,   701    |      ever merited by successful war~ ~
243     IX,   772    |       Athena's bosom closed the war.~ ~
244     IX,  1210    |            1210 An end upon the war. Here Magnus came~ ~
245     IX,  1246    |         Didst thou with impious war pursue the man~ ~
246     IX,  1269    |       The only prize that civil war affords~ ~
247      X,   177    |       armed, her guest in civil war!~ ~
248      X,   202    |        his breast was shamed of war~ ~
249      X,   222    |        And even in the midst of war's alarms~ ~
250      X,   229    |      fount of Nile -- and civil war~ ~
251      X,   411    |        the senate for the civil war~ ~
252      X,   418    |       for murder, but with open war~ ~
253      X,   448    |      hasty tumult to arouse the war:~ ~
254      X,   472    |    common soldier. To the civil war~ ~
255      X,   488    |        instruments of blood and war.~ ~
256      X,   504    |       Rome may cease from civil war;~ ~
257      X,   571    |                     Wage ye the war?" But not the laws which
258      X,   582    |                                 War hemmed them in, and weapons
259      X,   585    |      the portal, nor machine of war;~ ~
260      X,   592    |         to attack from ships of war~ ~
261      X,   616    |       the crucial moment of the war.~ ~
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