Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The GracchiE. Arnold, 1941 - 348 pages |
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Page 57
... called him a tyrant : he was poσTÁTNS TOÛ Snμov , as the Greeks phrased it , but that is a very different thing from holding a tyranny . What Caius Gracchus craved was much the same position ; but he had not the calm wisdom of Pericles ...
... called him a tyrant : he was poσTÁTNS TOÛ Snμov , as the Greeks phrased it , but that is a very different thing from holding a tyranny . What Caius Gracchus craved was much the same position ; but he had not the calm wisdom of Pericles ...
Page 64
... called up to sit in the senate . It was heterogeneous , containing two very different classes of members . The more reputable half of it comprised the larger landowners of non - senatorial rank throughout Roman Italy . The other half ...
... called up to sit in the senate . It was heterogeneous , containing two very different classes of members . The more reputable half of it comprised the larger landowners of non - senatorial rank throughout Roman Italy . The other half ...
Page 174
... called from thence , to play the part of Sulla , firstly , because he had no wish to do so , being as care- less as he was able , and secondly , because he could not have trusted his army to follow him . In spite of all his victories he ...
... called from thence , to play the part of Sulla , firstly , because he had no wish to do so , being as care- less as he was able , and secondly , because he could not have trusted his army to follow him . In spite of all his victories he ...
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