Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... senate . Even the younger Scipio Africanus , who has to serve as a hero in these times for want of a better , soon palls upon us ; he stays in our mind only as a vague impersonation of civic virtue and somewhat cold - blooded moderation ...
... senate . Even the younger Scipio Africanus , who has to serve as a hero in these times for want of a better , soon palls upon us ; he stays in our mind only as a vague impersonation of civic virtue and somewhat cold - blooded moderation ...
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... Senate . This compromise was no longer possible , because Rome had developed from a city - state into an imperial state . Neither the Comitia nor the Senate was really competent to rule the new empire which they had acquired . If there ...
... Senate . This compromise was no longer possible , because Rome had developed from a city - state into an imperial state . Neither the Comitia nor the Senate was really competent to rule the new empire which they had acquired . If there ...
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... Senate and People could make their will felt by governors and generals in districts so close to themselves . The serious trial of the old municipal system of govern- ment , as applicable to the administration of distant depen- dencies ...
... Senate and People could make their will felt by governors and generals in districts so close to themselves . The serious trial of the old municipal system of govern- ment , as applicable to the administration of distant depen- dencies ...
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... Senate to control the doings of the provincial magistrates . It was impossible to maintain a constant supervision over a governor at Gades , or Thessalonica , or Ephesus , or to get at him within any reasonable space of time . He had to ...
... Senate to control the doings of the provincial magistrates . It was impossible to maintain a constant supervision over a governor at Gades , or Thessalonica , or Ephesus , or to get at him within any reasonable space of time . He had to ...
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... Senate chary of calling out conscripts , or keeping them long on foreign service . But finally , the crisis always grew so dangerous that the hated levy had at last to be raised , Nothing can better illustrate the dislike of the Roman ...
... Senate chary of calling out conscripts , or keeping them long on foreign service . But finally , the crisis always grew so dangerous that the hated levy had at last to be raised , Nothing can better illustrate the dislike of the Roman ...
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