Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, CaesarE. Arnold, 1903 - 348 pages |
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... soldiers to fight for their ancestral sepulchres and their domestic gods . For in these days how many are there of ... soldier more valuable to the state than a man who could not fight , a Roman than a barbarian ? Accord- ingly it was ...
... soldiers to fight for their ancestral sepulchres and their domestic gods . For in these days how many are there of ... soldier more valuable to the state than a man who could not fight , a Roman than a barbarian ? Accord- ingly it was ...
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... soldier spent a few months in the field , at no great distance from his home , and was disbanded at the coming of winter , the custom had been natural and reasonable . a conscript sent for six years to Spain to clothed from his modest ...
... soldier spent a few months in the field , at no great distance from his home , and was disbanded at the coming of winter , the custom had been natural and reasonable . a conscript sent for six years to Spain to clothed from his modest ...
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... soldiers at the wars the right to appeal against any sentence of death passed by their general . Such a provision ... soldier , whether he were senator , landholder , or capitalist . But by B.C. 123 the Equites had become a very ...
... soldiers at the wars the right to appeal against any sentence of death passed by their general . Such a provision ... soldier , whether he were senator , landholder , or capitalist . But by B.C. 123 the Equites had become a very ...
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... soldiers should no longer be liable to the punishment of scourging by Roman officers and probably their status in other ways was to be brought nearer to that of their comrades who possessed the full citizenship . In proposing each of ...
... soldiers should no longer be liable to the punishment of scourging by Roman officers and probably their status in other ways was to be brought nearer to that of their comrades who possessed the full citizenship . In proposing each of ...
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... soldier who had risen from the ranks by his hard head and un- daunted courage . He had none of the literary polish , the philosophic training , or the lofty eloquence of the two Gracchi . As a politician he can only be described as a ...
... soldier who had risen from the ranks by his hard head and un- daunted courage . He had none of the literary polish , the philosophic training , or the lofty eloquence of the two Gracchi . As a politician he can only be described as a ...
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