CHAPTER III.

EVENTS IN ROME DURING THE YEAR 698.

I. PRESENCE IN ROME OF PTOLEMY AULETES. 424

II. CLODIUS NAMED ÆDILE. TRIAL OF MILO. 426

III. RETURN OF CATO. 429

IV. STATE OF ANARCHY IN ROME. 430

V. THE INTERVIEW AT LUCCA. 433

VI. CONSEQUENCES OF THE INTERVIEW AT LUCCA. CONDUCT OF CICERO. 438

VII. INTRIGUES OF POMPEY AND CRASSUS TO OBTAIN THE CONSULSHIP. 443

VIII. CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE PEOPLES ON THE SHORES OF THE OCEAN. 445