Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 71
... Italy . They only wanted the power to vote in the Comitia to make them full citizens ; the practical as opposed to the political advantages of the status were already in their possession . On the other hand , the main body of the Italian ...
... Italy . They only wanted the power to vote in the Comitia to make them full citizens ; the practical as opposed to the political advantages of the status were already in their possession . On the other hand , the main body of the Italian ...
Page 110
... Italians were terribly handicapped by their poverty . Rome had also a considerable number of officers - headed by Marius himself — who were accus- tomed to commanding and moving large bodies of men : none of the Italian generals had ...
... Italians were terribly handicapped by their poverty . Rome had also a considerable number of officers - headed by Marius himself — who were accus- tomed to commanding and moving large bodies of men : none of the Italian generals had ...
Page 111
... Italian who should lay down his arms and appear before a magis- trate to crave enrolment as a Roman citizen . This law saved the existence of Rome , at the sacrifice of her old claim to dominate Italy as a mistress . The rebels flocked ...
... Italian who should lay down his arms and appear before a magis- trate to crave enrolment as a Roman citizen . This law saved the existence of Rome , at the sacrifice of her old claim to dominate Italy as a mistress . The rebels flocked ...
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