Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 137
... legions was a godsend to the Optimates , for Sulla was able to leave them behind to garrison Asia , so that the whole of his own veterans could be utilised for the ap- proaching invasion of Italy . Having completely pacified the East ...
... legions was a godsend to the Optimates , for Sulla was able to leave them behind to garrison Asia , so that the whole of his own veterans could be utilised for the ap- proaching invasion of Italy . Having completely pacified the East ...
Page 276
... legions which had been granted to him and to have gone off to take up his province of Spain , just as Crassus had departed to take up his province of Syria . Instead of doing so , Pompey lingered behind in Rome , and only sent his ...
... legions which had been granted to him and to have gone off to take up his province of Spain , just as Crassus had departed to take up his province of Syria . Instead of doing so , Pompey lingered behind in Rome , and only sent his ...
Page 283
... legions from Italy . Secure against any interruption from Pompey for many months , he could strike at the one region where the Republican party was really strong - Spain . In that province lay seven old legions devoted to Pompey , if ...
... legions from Italy . Secure against any interruption from Pompey for many months , he could strike at the one region where the Republican party was really strong - Spain . In that province lay seven old legions devoted to Pompey , if ...
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