Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The GracchiE. Arnold, 1941 - 348 pages |
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Page 24
... already clamouring to have it larger and yet cheaper . They would have laughed to scorn any proposal to impose a heavy tax on their corn for the benefit of the rural voters . High patriotic appeals would have had little effect on them ...
... already clamouring to have it larger and yet cheaper . They would have laughed to scorn any proposal to impose a heavy tax on their corn for the benefit of the rural voters . High patriotic appeals would have had little effect on them ...
Page 73
... already seen , was ruined beyond redemption . But the populace had not yet grasped the fact , and the plan seemed to them far more attractive than anything that Caius had pro- posed . Equally popular and equally futile was another bill ...
... already seen , was ruined beyond redemption . But the populace had not yet grasped the fact , and the plan seemed to them far more attractive than anything that Caius had pro- posed . Equally popular and equally futile was another bill ...
Page 138
... already been tried and found wanting . The one startling novelty had been the dishonest debt - law of Valerius Flaccus , which ( as we have already mentioned ) permitted those who owed money to demand a receipt in full from their ...
... already been tried and found wanting . The one startling novelty had been the dishonest debt - law of Valerius Flaccus , which ( as we have already mentioned ) permitted those who owed money to demand a receipt in full from their ...
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