Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... fight for their ancestral sepulchres and their domestic gods . For in these days how many are there of the rank and file who possess an altar that their forefathers reared , or a sepul- chre in which their ashes rest ? They fight and ...
... fight for their ancestral sepulchres and their domestic gods . For in these days how many are there of the rank and file who possess an altar that their forefathers reared , or a sepul- chre in which their ashes rest ? They fight and ...
Page 132
... fight . Sulla told them that they should have their will , " though it seemed that it was not so much courage as ... fighting , but the story of the battle reads like that of the early British victories in India . The odds seemed ...
... fight . Sulla told them that they should have their will , " though it seemed that it was not so much courage as ... fighting , but the story of the battle reads like that of the early British victories in India . The odds seemed ...
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... fighting . For Sulla proposed an armistice , and took advantage of it to tamper with the consul's men , who , when the resumption of hostilities was proclaimed , re- fused to fight . Part of them dispersed , part went over to Sulla ...
... fighting . For Sulla proposed an armistice , and took advantage of it to tamper with the consul's men , who , when the resumption of hostilities was proclaimed , re- fused to fight . Part of them dispersed , part went over to Sulla ...
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