Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 128
... taken sides with the exiles was doomed to death not only was Octavius put to death , but a num- ber of respectable ex - consuls were murdered , among them Lucius Cæsar , who had enfranchised the Italians in B.C. 90 ; Catulus , the ...
... taken sides with the exiles was doomed to death not only was Octavius put to death , but a num- ber of respectable ex - consuls were murdered , among them Lucius Cæsar , who had enfranchised the Italians in B.C. 90 ; Catulus , the ...
Page 327
... taken long before- commonplace soldiers without a stroke of genius . Hence came the dictator's determination to make a dash at Spain in the spring , with the hope of destroying , or at least of defeating and disabling , Afranius and ...
... taken long before- commonplace soldiers without a stroke of genius . Hence came the dictator's determination to make a dash at Spain in the spring , with the hope of destroying , or at least of defeating and disabling , Afranius and ...
Page 339
... taken the sword " —a clear majority of his successors " perished by the sword . " What Julius himself intended to make of the empire we can but guess . He was cut off before he had made his intentions clear . His plans , we cannot doubt ...
... taken the sword " —a clear majority of his successors " perished by the sword . " What Julius himself intended to make of the empire we can but guess . He was cut off before he had made his intentions clear . His plans , we cannot doubt ...
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