Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 67
... wished . " How harmful to the state were these " things which they wished " may be seen from the case of the Asiatic taxes . Since their annexation in B.C. 133 , or rather since their rescue from the hands of the rebel Aristonicus in ...
... wished . " How harmful to the state were these " things which they wished " may be seen from the case of the Asiatic taxes . Since their annexation in B.C. 133 , or rather since their rescue from the hands of the rebel Aristonicus in ...
Page 182
... wished in his middle age to inaugurate a reign of cædes and incendium , to massacre the Senate , burn the city , and rule as a tyrant among the corpses and the smoking ruins . If there were any truth in all this , we should conclude ...
... wished in his middle age to inaugurate a reign of cædes and incendium , to massacre the Senate , burn the city , and rule as a tyrant among the corpses and the smoking ruins . If there were any truth in all this , we should conclude ...
Page 251
... wished to show that the com- mand was unsolicited by him , and that if he accepted it he only did so in deference to the strongly expressed wish of the people . The bill , indeed , was somewhat startling in its details . There had been ...
... wished to show that the com- mand was unsolicited by him , and that if he accepted it he only did so in deference to the strongly expressed wish of the people . The bill , indeed , was somewhat startling in its details . There had been ...
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