We're playing against a worthy opponent and if we don't play well, they beat us.

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But he was first and foremost a worthy opponent who with the help of his extraordinary Senate staff always came prepared.

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To prepare the ground for Actium, the battle that would decide the future of Rome and at which Octavian would defeat Antony and Cleopatra, he needed a worthy opponent.

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How could the dominant No. 1 team, which had already beaten three ranked teams, two decisively, fall all the way to No. 8 by losing to a worthy opponent on the road?

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