Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... Pompey , form the main determining element in the history of the day . From the end of the Second Punic War down to the time of the Gracchi , Roman history is very monotonous and uninteresting to the reader . It is little more than the ...
... Pompey , form the main determining element in the history of the day . From the end of the Second Punic War down to the time of the Gracchi , Roman history is very monotonous and uninteresting to the reader . It is little more than the ...
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... Pompey in Cisalpine Gaul , and its leader , M. Brutus , was captured and executed at Mutina . Only a small part of Lepidus's insurrectionary host , headed by the Praetor Perpenna , escaped by sea , and went to join Sertorius in Spain ...
... Pompey in Cisalpine Gaul , and its leader , M. Brutus , was captured and executed at Mutina . Only a small part of Lepidus's insurrectionary host , headed by the Praetor Perpenna , escaped by sea , and went to join Sertorius in Spain ...
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... Pompey and the ambitious and ill - fated Lucretius Ofella . The latter was soon cut off , but with the former Crassus had already started that rivalry which was to endure throughout both their lives . As the elder man , he bitterly ...
... Pompey and the ambitious and ill - fated Lucretius Ofella . The latter was soon cut off , but with the former Crassus had already started that rivalry which was to endure throughout both their lives . As the elder man , he bitterly ...
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... Pompey . The other two possible men were unavailable : Pompey was in Spain fighting Ser- torius , Lucullus in the East fighting Mithradates . When appointed general , Crassus set to work at once to discipline the beaten and demoralised ...
... Pompey . The other two possible men were unavailable : Pompey was in Spain fighting Ser- torius , Lucullus in the East fighting Mithradates . When appointed general , Crassus set to work at once to discipline the beaten and demoralised ...
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The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sar Charles Oman. RIVALRY OF CRASSUS AND POMPEY 173 The war was practically settled when Pompey suddenly appeared upon the scene . The young general , who was to be Crassus's rival and yet his ...
The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sar Charles Oman. RIVALRY OF CRASSUS AND POMPEY 173 The war was practically settled when Pompey suddenly appeared upon the scene . The young general , who was to be Crassus's rival and yet his ...
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