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Quotation from The Civil War by Julius Caesar
“When Caesar's letter was delivered to the consuls, they were with great difficulty, and a hard struggle of the tribunes, prevailed on to suffer it to be read in the senate”
The Civil War, Book I.1, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869)
The abrupt opening: the war begins with Caesar's offer being obstructed, not with his army moving.
Citation: "When Caesar's letter was delivered to the consuls, they were with great difficulty, and a hard struggle of the tribunes, prevailed on to suffer it to be read in the senate" — Julius Caesar, The Civil War, Book I.1, trans. W. A. McDevitte and W. S. Bohn (1869). (id the-civil-war-q1)
Portrait: Retrato de Julio César (26724093101) (cropped), Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España, Public domain.
