Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The GracchiE. Arnold, 1941 - 348 pages |
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Page 109
... Optimates had taken up their cause : Drusus had been supported by men such as Crassus the orator , Aurelius Cotta ... Optimate party , the Italians saw that they could only hope to gain their rights by unsheathing the sword . Within ...
... Optimates had taken up their cause : Drusus had been supported by men such as Crassus the orator , Aurelius Cotta ... Optimate party , the Italians saw that they could only hope to gain their rights by unsheathing the sword . Within ...
Page 274
... Optimates drew in their horns and stood still . It is not till we mark the consequences of the conference of Lucca that we realise how predominant was the position that Cæsar had already acquired . To his ancient power of intrigue and ...
... Optimates drew in their horns and stood still . It is not till we mark the consequences of the conference of Lucca that we realise how predominant was the position that Cæsar had already acquired . To his ancient power of intrigue and ...
Page 325
... Optimates had violated the constitu- tion by disregarding the vetos of his friends , the tribunes Antony and Cassius . To any one who remembers how Cæsar himself had treated tribunes and their vetos during his consulship in B.C. 59 , it ...
... Optimates had violated the constitu- tion by disregarding the vetos of his friends , the tribunes Antony and Cassius . To any one who remembers how Cæsar himself had treated tribunes and their vetos during his consulship in B.C. 59 , it ...
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