Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... mere string of anecdotal biographies of great men . But for the last forty years the pendulum has been swinging so much in the other direction , that it has become necessary to enforce the lesson that the biographies of great men are ...
... mere string of anecdotal biographies of great men . But for the last forty years the pendulum has been swinging so much in the other direction , that it has become necessary to enforce the lesson that the biographies of great men are ...
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... merely as connected with files of laws or lists of battles . At the same time both the internal and the external history of Rome becomes of absorbing interest . Ex- ternally the question arises whether the sporadic and ill - compacted ...
... merely as connected with files of laws or lists of battles . At the same time both the internal and the external history of Rome becomes of absorbing interest . Ex- ternally the question arises whether the sporadic and ill - compacted ...
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... mere broken- off fragments of the peninsula . An order could without much difficulty reach them in a few days : the Senate and People could make their will felt by governors and generals in districts so close to themselves . The serious ...
... mere broken- off fragments of the peninsula . An order could without much difficulty reach them in a few days : the Senate and People could make their will felt by governors and generals in districts so close to themselves . The serious ...
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... mere difficulties of geographical distance , than in the eighteenth century the East India Company's directors could control Clive or Warren Hastings . The proconsuls , on the other hand , could govern , but each only for his short year ...
... mere difficulties of geographical distance , than in the eighteenth century the East India Company's directors could control Clive or Warren Hastings . The proconsuls , on the other hand , could govern , but each only for his short year ...
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... mere maladministration abroad . The second of the responsibilities of empire , which Rome seemed unable to discharge , was the duty of keeping the police of the high seas and suppressing piracy . This task had in earlier centuries been ...
... mere maladministration abroad . The second of the responsibilities of empire , which Rome seemed unable to discharge , was the duty of keeping the police of the high seas and suppressing piracy . This task had in earlier centuries been ...
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