Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... keep back Pæonian or Illyrian raids on Upper Macedon , or Lusitanian raids on Baetica . They grumbled and rioted every time that a new legion had to be raised . This made the Senate chary of calling out conscripts , or keeping them long ...
... keep back Pæonian or Illyrian raids on Upper Macedon , or Lusitanian raids on Baetica . They grumbled and rioted every time that a new legion had to be raised . This made the Senate chary of calling out conscripts , or keeping them long ...
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... keep , and , how- ever frugal his fare and garb , they were at least better than those of the slave . The farm , if bought at a suffici- ently low figure , might be able to pay the capitalist long after it had ceased to pay the ...
... keep , and , how- ever frugal his fare and garb , they were at least better than those of the slave . The farm , if bought at a suffici- ently low figure , might be able to pay the capitalist long after it had ceased to pay the ...
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... keep him- self so secluded and obscure as Plutarch makes out . We know , for example , that he made an oration in favour of Carbo's bill concerning re - election to the tribunate , and that he spoke against the detestable law of Junius ...
... keep him- self so secluded and obscure as Plutarch makes out . We know , for example , that he made an oration in favour of Carbo's bill concerning re - election to the tribunate , and that he spoke against the detestable law of Junius ...
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