Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, CaesarE. Arnold, 1903 - 348 pages |
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Page 55
... demagogue of ancient Athens . It is strange that a man of such a high - strung nature should have kept back from politics so long . His own explanation of the abstention was that he felt that he was well - nigh the last of his race ...
... demagogue of ancient Athens . It is strange that a man of such a high - strung nature should have kept back from politics so long . His own explanation of the abstention was that he felt that he was well - nigh the last of his race ...
Page 72
... demagogue had been a well - known figure at Athens , though he was as yet unfamiliar at Rome . Drusus pro- fessed to be even more devoted to the people than his colleague , and to be ready to go yet farther in the paths of innovation ...
... demagogue had been a well - known figure at Athens , though he was as yet unfamiliar at Rome . Drusus pro- fessed to be even more devoted to the people than his colleague , and to be ready to go yet farther in the paths of innovation ...
Page 94
... demagogue ; he had not the brains or the imagination to sketch out a political programme . He was no more than a discontented and ambitious veteran , with a personal grievance . His simple method of achieving notoriety was to declaim to ...
... demagogue ; he had not the brains or the imagination to sketch out a political programme . He was no more than a discontented and ambitious veteran , with a personal grievance . His simple method of achieving notoriety was to declaim to ...
Page 102
... demagogue , rallying his forces and putting Marian veterans in his front rank , charged back , drove off Caepio and his gang , and completed the formalities of passing the bill among desperate noise , confusion , and tumult . It was ...
... demagogue , rallying his forces and putting Marian veterans in his front rank , charged back , drove off Caepio and his gang , and completed the formalities of passing the bill among desperate noise , confusion , and tumult . It was ...
Page 123
... demagogue , who - as it is said — had tried to get him assassinated in broad daylight during the meeting of the Comitia . But there is no reason to suppose that he would have interfered with the sword in domestic politics if he had not ...
... demagogue , who - as it is said — had tried to get him assassinated in broad daylight during the meeting of the Comitia . But there is no reason to suppose that he would have interfered with the sword in domestic politics if he had not ...
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