Divus Julius
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His first campaign was served in
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Asia
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, on the staff of the praetor, M. Thermus; and being dispatched into
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Bithynia
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to bring thence a fleet, he loitered so long at the court of Nicomedes, as to give occasion to reports of lewd proceedings between him and that prince; which received additional credit from his hasty return to
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Bithynia
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, under the pretext of recovering a debt due to a freedman, his client. The rest of his service was more favourable to his reputation; and when
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Mitylene
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was taken by storm, he was presented by Thermus with the civic crown.
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