Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, CaesarE. Arnold, 1903 - 348 pages |
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... consulship is over , and is lost to view once more in the ranks of an impersonal senate . Even the younger Scipio Africanus , who has to serve as a hero in these times for want of a better , soon palls upon us ; he stays in our mind ...
... consulship is over , and is lost to view once more in the ranks of an impersonal senate . Even the younger Scipio Africanus , who has to serve as a hero in these times for want of a better , soon palls upon us ; he stays in our mind ...
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... consulship , celebrated his triumph , and have been buried in peace in the tomb of his ancestors . Unhappily for himself and for Rome , he had enough brains to see that the times were out of joint , enough heart to feel for the ...
... consulship , celebrated his triumph , and have been buried in peace in the tomb of his ancestors . Unhappily for himself and for Rome , he had enough brains to see that the times were out of joint , enough heart to feel for the ...
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... contrary to all ex- pectation , was protracted for five summers ( B.C. 105–101 ) , and Marius , re - elected year after year to the consulship , VICTORIES OF MARIUS 97 was kept perpetually in the field 96 FROM THE GRACCHI TO SULLA.
... contrary to all ex- pectation , was protracted for five summers ( B.C. 105–101 ) , and Marius , re - elected year after year to the consulship , VICTORIES OF MARIUS 97 was kept perpetually in the field 96 FROM THE GRACCHI TO SULLA.
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... consulship was over , and went for a long tour in Asia , under the pretext of fulfilling a vow which he had made during the Cimbrian war to the gods of the East . When he returned , he found that he had been half - forgotten , and that ...
... consulship was over , and went for a long tour in Asia , under the pretext of fulfilling a vow which he had made during the Cimbrian war to the gods of the East . When he returned , he found that he had been half - forgotten , and that ...
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... consulship , it is hard to conceive . But the feat was accom- plished : Sulla became quaestor , and served under Marius in Numidia during the last year of the Jugurthine war [ 106-105 ] . It was here that he won his first distinction ...
... consulship , it is hard to conceive . But the feat was accom- plished : Sulla became quaestor , and served under Marius in Numidia during the last year of the Jugurthine war [ 106-105 ] . It was here that he won his first distinction ...
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