Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 152
... province , at the head of an army , might be quite as troublesome to the Senate as an ambitious consul at Rome proposing laws to the people . Yet his own career ought to have taught him that a governor in Greece or Gaul with half - a ...
... province , at the head of an army , might be quite as troublesome to the Senate as an ambitious consul at Rome proposing laws to the people . Yet his own career ought to have taught him that a governor in Greece or Gaul with half - a ...
Page 276
... 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 legates , Afranius and Petreius , to Spain . Moreover , after muster- ing 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 legates , Afranius and Petreius , to Spain . Moreover , after muster- ing his ...
Page 308
... province and raise a large army , he might hope to achieve a more splendid reputation than that of the conqueror of the Pirates and of Mithradates . There would be no need to shed futile tears again before the statue of Alexander the ...
... province and raise a large army , he might hope to achieve a more splendid reputation than that of the conqueror of the Pirates and of Mithradates . There would be no need to shed futile tears again before the statue of Alexander the ...
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