Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The GracchiE. Arnold, 1941 - 348 pages |
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Page 54
... fact which accounts for the many deliberately immoral measures that are to be found in his legislation . For some years after his brother's death he took no very prominent part in public affairs ; yet he did not keep him- self so ...
... fact which accounts for the many deliberately immoral measures that are to be found in his legislation . For some years after his brother's death he took no very prominent part in public affairs ; yet he did not keep him- self so ...
Page 265
... fact of the next ten years , and marked a new stage in the decadence of the Roman Republic . The state had experienced before the tyrannical domination of a party , under Cinna and Sulla ; but the triumvirs were not a party : it would ...
... fact of the next ten years , and marked a new stage in the decadence of the Roman Republic . The state had experienced before the tyrannical domination of a party , under Cinna and Sulla ; but the triumvirs were not a party : it would ...
Page 336
... fact that the governors were made re- sponsible to a wary autocrat , instead of to corrupt law- courts and a feeble Senate , improved the lot of the subjects of Rome to an incalculable extent . It was to Cæsar's interest that the ...
... fact that the governors were made re- sponsible to a wary autocrat , instead of to corrupt law- courts and a feeble Senate , improved the lot of the subjects of Rome to an incalculable extent . It was to Cæsar's interest that the ...
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