Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 120
... able , impecunious , and desti- tute of any family influence , were generally the stuff from which demagogues were made . There are a dozen instances in Roman history of young and penniless aris- tocrats who started on the career of mob ...
... able , impecunious , and desti- tute of any family influence , were generally the stuff from which demagogues were made . There are a dozen instances in Roman history of young and penniless aris- tocrats who started on the career of mob ...
Page 152
... able to the Senate . Much less was it to be permitted that any magistrate should hold the same office continuously : one of Sulla's ordinances was to the effect that there must be a gap of no less than ten years before a man could be re ...
... able to the Senate . Much less was it to be permitted that any magistrate should hold the same office continuously : one of Sulla's ordinances was to the effect that there must be a gap of no less than ten years before a man could be re ...
Page 158
... able and willing to work the system when the old dictator had passed away . For he left behind him a Senate most ... able man could not only reach the front , but stay there . The slow oligarchic rotation , which Sulla had invented , was ...
... able and willing to work the system when the old dictator had passed away . For he left behind him a Senate most ... able man could not only reach the front , but stay there . The slow oligarchic rotation , which Sulla had invented , was ...
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