Note 647 — Chapter VI · THE GRACCHI, MARIUS, AND SYLLA. (621-676.)
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“It was at the instigation of the rhetorician Diophanes and the philosopher Blossius that he took counsel of the citizens of Rome most distinguished for their reputation and virtues: among others, Crassus, the grand pontiff; Mucius Scævola, the celebrated lawyer, then consul; and Appius Claudius, his father-in-law.” (Plutarch, Tib. Gracchus, 9.)