Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, CaesarE. Arnold, 1903 - 348 pages |
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... Democrats as by the Democrats against the Senate . Sometimes it was used for purely personal ends by any vain , or eccentric , or ambitious person who had succeeded in obtaining the office . The quaintest tales may be collected , by ...
... Democrats as by the Democrats against the Senate . Sometimes it was used for purely personal ends by any vain , or eccentric , or ambitious person who had succeeded in obtaining the office . The quaintest tales may be collected , by ...
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... Democratic platform " of the next fifty years . The planks of it included ( 1 ) the relaxa- tion of the terms of military service ; ( 2 ) the granting of a right of appeal from all law - courts to the sovereign people assembled in the ...
... Democratic platform " of the next fifty years . The planks of it included ( 1 ) the relaxa- tion of the terms of military service ; ( 2 ) the granting of a right of appeal from all law - courts to the sovereign people assembled in the ...
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... of a second year of democratic agitation appalled them . Accordingly they bent all their efforts to the end of frustrating his election . Owing to the season of the TIBERIUS SEEKS RE - ELECTION 43 year , it was 42 TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
... of a second year of democratic agitation appalled them . Accordingly they bent all their efforts to the end of frustrating his election . Owing to the season of the TIBERIUS SEEKS RE - ELECTION 43 year , it was 42 TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
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... Democratic party took the trouble to pass a bill formally affirming its legality . But in B.C. 133 the question could still be debated . There were many precedents for a re - election ; the case of Licinius , the author of the old ...
... Democratic party took the trouble to pass a bill formally affirming its legality . But in B.C. 133 the question could still be debated . There were many precedents for a re - election ; the case of Licinius , the author of the old ...
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... Democrats , with his followers streaming in a wedge behind him , the senators at their head . Neither side was armed , save with staves and broken chairs and benches . Quite contrary to what might have been expected , the Optimates ...
... Democrats , with his followers streaming in a wedge behind him , the senators at their head . Neither side was armed , save with staves and broken chairs and benches . Quite contrary to what might have been expected , the Optimates ...
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