Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, CaesarE. Arnold, 1903 - 348 pages |
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Page 63
... chief device for this purpose was to raise up a new corporation in the state , with interests which should be so different from those of the Senate that it might be trusted to act as a check on that body . It was in the Equestrian Order ...
... chief device for this purpose was to raise up a new corporation in the state , with interests which should be so different from those of the Senate that it might be trusted to act as a check on that body . It was in the Equestrian Order ...
Page 68
... chief commissioner of roads , and official superintendent of the new colonies that were to be founded . Plutarch , speaking in a somewhat exag- gerated strain , asserts that he was occupying a quasi - royal position , that he had ...
... chief commissioner of roads , and official superintendent of the new colonies that were to be founded . Plutarch , speaking in a somewhat exag- gerated strain , asserts that he was occupying a quasi - royal position , that he had ...
Page 92
... chief , using the " one - man power " which a democracy really loves . And the chief was long in coming . Meanwhile the main thread of the annals of Rome consists of the history of two long foreign wars , both grossly mismanaged by the ...
... chief , using the " one - man power " which a democracy really loves . And the chief was long in coming . Meanwhile the main thread of the annals of Rome consists of the history of two long foreign wars , both grossly mismanaged by the ...
Page 107
... chief men in each state throughout the peninsula . They visited his house , and formed an association for the purpose of pushing their claims . It is said that in every country town there was a branch started , whose members swore to ...
... chief men in each state throughout the peninsula . They visited his house , and formed an association for the purpose of pushing their claims . It is said that in every country town there was a branch started , whose members swore to ...
Page 108
... chief agents among the allies should be prosecuted for conspiracy . The news that Drusus had been murdered , and that a Special Commission had been appointed to try his GENERAL REVOLT OF THE ITALIANS 109 supporters , was the 108 FROM ...
... chief agents among the allies should be prosecuted for conspiracy . The news that Drusus had been murdered , and that a Special Commission had been appointed to try his GENERAL REVOLT OF THE ITALIANS 109 supporters , was the 108 FROM ...
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