131/137 Livy speaks of a "Triumviratus"-- or rather two such offices exercised by one man--ix., 46. We remember, too, that wretch whom Horace gibbeted, Epod. iv.: "Sectus flagellis hic triumviralibus." But the word, though in common use, was not applied to this conspiracy. Conjunctio mihi summa cum Pompeio; si placet etiam cum Caesare; reditus in gratiam cum inimicis, pax cum multitudine; senectulis otium. |