... made his assertion of the bravery and loyalty of the gladiator troop far more compelling. "People and Princes without exception refused their assistance to Antony yet the men who were being kept for gladiatorial combats, who were among the most despised, showed the utmost zeal in [Antony and Cleopatra's] behalf and fought most bravely "7 Despite Dio's antipathy and dislike towards gladiators on the whole ... it is apparent that he did, in fact, believe that some gladiators and, by extension, common men were ... indeed worthy of trust and respect. In short, that they could be honorable ...

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... of Caesar, a teenager by the time Cato the Younger had committed suicide, refusing to accept Caesar's clementia, and an adult approaching middle age by the time of Octavian's victory over Antony and Cleopatra. Therefore, Livy was in a good position to obtain primary source information regarding the major key players of the ... demise of the Republic. Even figures like Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla had died less than 100 years before ... with all of the other great personalities of the late Republic. Livy had seen the impact of men like Sulla, Marius, Pompey, and Caesar, and was...

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