Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... become a hopeless failure . For while the Roman market was flooded with foreign wheat , there was no such ... become more interesting than lucrative ; he kept up his farms by way of amuse- ment , but put his spare capital into the ...
... become a hopeless failure . For while the Roman market was flooded with foreign wheat , there was no such ... become more interesting than lucrative ; he kept up his farms by way of amuse- ment , but put his spare capital into the ...
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... become a private person again , and would not only lose his power of legislation , but become liable to prosecu- tion for any illegal acts which his enemies might choose to allege against him . The last months of his office seem to have ...
... become a private person again , and would not only lose his power of legislation , but become liable to prosecu- tion for any illegal acts which his enemies might choose to allege against him . The last months of his office seem to have ...
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... become tribune with the intention not of sacrificing any external career , but of being perpetually re - elected to this office like Caius Gracchus of old . Sulla provided against this possibility by repealing the law of B.C. 129 ...
... become tribune with the intention not of sacrificing any external career , but of being perpetually re - elected to this office like Caius Gracchus of old . Sulla provided against this possibility by repealing the law of B.C. 129 ...
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