Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... mainly a race of farmers dwelling on their own narrow acres ; it was rapidly becoming divorced from the soil , and degenerating into PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION 5 a city - bred proletariate fed from 4 LATER DAYS OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC.
... mainly a race of farmers dwelling on their own narrow acres ; it was rapidly becoming divorced from the soil , and degenerating into PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION 5 a city - bred proletariate fed from 4 LATER DAYS OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC.
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... provinces that tried very seriously her power to govern . Sicily and Sardinia were close at hand , in ready and constant communication with the city . They were actually visible from the headlands of Italy - mere broken- off fragments ...
... provinces that tried very seriously her power to govern . Sicily and Sardinia were close at hand , in ready and constant communication with the city . They were actually visible from the headlands of Italy - mere broken- off fragments ...
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... provincial magistrates . It was impossible to maintain a constant supervision over a governor at Gades , or ... provinces ; this the Roman Republic notoriously failed to secure . The con- stitution imposed on each conquered region , by ...
... provincial magistrates . It was impossible to maintain a constant supervision over a governor at Gades , or ... provinces ; this the Roman Republic notoriously failed to secure . The con- stitution imposed on each conquered region , by ...
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... provinces , was that of protecting the civilised world from the outer barbarian . The conquests of Spain and Macedonia made them the neighbours of scores of wild tribes , whom the Carthaginians in the one and the kings of the house of ...
... provinces , was that of protecting the civilised world from the outer barbarian . The conquests of Spain and Macedonia made them the neighbours of scores of wild tribes , whom the Carthaginians in the one and the kings of the house of ...
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... provinces were steadily decreasing in wealth and resources from the moment that they were annexed . And since Italy and Rome herself were — as we shall see - tending to internal decay , though certain indi- vidual Romans and Italians ...
... provinces were steadily decreasing in wealth and resources from the moment that they were annexed . And since Italy and Rome herself were — as we shall see - tending to internal decay , though certain indi- vidual Romans and Italians ...
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