Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 92
... chief , using the " one - man power " which a democracy really loves . And the chief was long in coming . Meanwhile the main thread of the annals of Rome consists of the history of two long foreign wars , both grossly mismanaged by the ...
... chief , using the " one - man power " which a democracy really loves . And the chief was long in coming . Meanwhile the main thread of the annals of Rome consists of the history of two long foreign wars , both grossly mismanaged by the ...
Page 109
... chief men of all the allied cities had learnt to know each other in the reformer's house , and had ascertained that they all had the same grievances and the same desires . The desperate meaning to the Italians of the present crisis was ...
... chief men of all the allied cities had learnt to know each other in the reformer's house , and had ascertained that they all had the same grievances and the same desires . The desperate meaning to the Italians of the present crisis was ...
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... chief landmarks of this period of Crassus's political career are a series of bids for popularity , which failed to produce the desired effect . As censor in B.C. 65 he tried to enrol as full citizens the entire population of Cisalpine ...
... chief landmarks of this period of Crassus's political career are a series of bids for popularity , which failed to produce the desired effect . As censor in B.C. 65 he tried to enrol as full citizens the entire population of Cisalpine ...
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