Though others before him had triumphed three times, Pompeius, by having gained his first triumph over Libya, his second over Europe, and this the last over Asia, seemed in a manner to have brought the whole world into his three triumphs.
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It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
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