[*] 3.21. plebi acceptus, a favorite with the people （acceptable to the people）. — ut idem conaretur: i.e. put down the constitutional authority, and establish a rule of military chiefs. The expression here is a striking example of the tendency of the Latin to say things by verbs which we say by nouns; Lat. attempt the same thing, Eng. make the same attempt.
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BOOK FIRST. — B.C. 58.
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Caesar's Gallic War. J. B. Greenough, Benjamin L. D'Ooge and M. Grant Daniell. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1898.
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