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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 (of 4)

Note 413 — LIFE OF LUCULLUS. (continued 2)

George Long translation

Compare Dion Cassius (36, c. 16) as to the behaviour of Lucullus. He was too strict a disciplinarian for soldiers who were accustomed to licence; and he did not even attempt to win the love of his men by kindness. The mutinous army that he could not control was quiet and obedient to Pompeius.

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