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A33186 The history of the triumvirates, the first that of Julius Cæsar, Pompey and Crassus, the second that of Augustus, Anthony and Lepidus being a faithfull collection from the best historians and other authours, concerning that revolution of the Roman government which hapned [sic] under their authority / written originally in French, and made English by Tho. Otway ...; Histoire du premier et du second triumvirat. English Broë, S. de, seigneur de Citry et de La Guette, 17th cent.; Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685. 1686 (1686) Wing C4345; ESTC R13558 316,899 694

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