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            <request>
                <requestName>GetPassage</requestName>
                <requestUrn>urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1:F.fannius_6</requestUrn>
            </request>
            <reply>
                <urn>urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1:F.fannius_6</urn>
                <passage>
                    <TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text xml:base="urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1"><body xml:lang="eng" n="urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1"><div type="textpart" subtype="alphabetic_letter" n="F"><div type="textpart" subtype="entry" xml:id="fannius-bio-6" n="fannius_6"><head><persName xml:lang="la"><surname full="yes">Fa'nnius</surname></persName></head><p>6. <persName xml:lang="la"><forename full="yes">C.</forename><surname full="yes">Fannius</surname></persName>, tribune of the people in <date when-custom="-59">B. C.
       59</date>, when C. Julius (Caesar and Bibulus were consuls. Fannius allowed himself to be
      made use of by Bibulus in opposing the <title>lex agraria</title> of J. Caesar. He belonged to
      the party of Pompey, and in <date when-custom="-49">B. C. 49</date> he went as praetor to Sicily.
      The fall of Pompey in the year after seems to have brought about the fall of Fannius also.
      (Cic. <hi rend="ital">pro Seat.</hi> 53, <hi rend="ital">in Vatin.</hi> 7, <hi rend="ital">ad
       Att.</hi> 7.15, 8.15, 11.6.)</p></div></div></body></text></TEI>
                </passage>
            </reply>
            </GetPassage>