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The Bruttii, Lucani, and Samnites joined Pyrrhus, but the Roman senate, rallied by the blind ex-censor Ap. Claudius, rejected the peace offer of Cineas, Pyrrhus's ambassador.

f. The Conquest of Italy 2001

At the time Pompey went to see him, he was both consular and ex-censor, and one of the Senate's elders.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

“Splendid!” cried Sulla as he read his agent's letter, and sent off an embassage of Roman senators led by the consular and ex-censor Marcus Perperna to Alexandria, bearing King Ptolemy Alexander the Second's last will and legal testament.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

He was fully conscious that a member of the Tse, a son of an ex-censor of the highest board, a nephew of a personal noble and the Secretary of War, and, above all, the brightest ornament of aristocratic society, was by no means the sort of person to throw himself lightly away upon any woman or any set of women.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 Various

And the ex-censor of the highest board gravely and gracefully bowed the family of Tching-whang out of the premises.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 Various

Further inquiry revealed the fact, that the worthy ex-censor of the highest board had so far forgotten himself as to sneeze in the presence of the Emperor; and as nothing in the elementary principles could be found to justify so gross a breach of etiquette, the ex-censor's head had been struck off by the public executioner, and his property, which was immense, had been confiscated to the state.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 Various

He was a little disturbed to find that his much revered father, the ex-censor of the highest board, took no notice of what was going on, and never alluded to the subject in any manner.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 Various

As soon as they were alone, the adipose ex-censor of the highest board said: -- "My son, have you thought of wedding this maiden?"

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 Various

He went through all the various manifestations of despair, but without producing the slightest effect upon the inexorable ex-censor of the highest board.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 Various

"Nothing but my displeasure," said the ex-censor of the highest board.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 Various