Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, CaesarE. Arnold, 1903 - 348 pages |
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... tribes , whom the Carthaginians in the one and the kings of the house of Antigonus in the other peninsula had been wont to drive back and to keep in check . The Roman , their heir by right of conquest , discharged this duty very ...
... tribes , whom the Carthaginians in the one and the kings of the house of Antigonus in the other peninsula had been wont to drive back and to keep in check . The Roman , their heir by right of conquest , discharged this duty very ...
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... tribes were so warlike and turbulent that the frontier could never stand still . Raids had to be punished by retaliatory expeditions . The tribe that had been chastised would not remain quiet till it had been actually annexed ; and so ...
... tribes were so warlike and turbulent that the frontier could never stand still . Raids had to be punished by retaliatory expeditions . The tribe that had been chastised would not remain quiet till it had been actually annexed ; and so ...
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... tribes a very simple issue - Could the magistrate who opposed the will of the people be the people's true representative ? If he was setting himself up in opposition to them , ought he not to be removed ? Of course the argument was as ...
... tribes a very simple issue - Could the magistrate who opposed the will of the people be the people's true representative ? If he was setting himself up in opposition to them , ought he not to be removed ? Of course the argument was as ...
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... tribes gave their suffrages for Gracchus . It was so customary for the remaining tribes to follow the lead of those who had the " prerogative " of the first vote , that the return of the reformer seemed secure . But then the objection ...
... tribes gave their suffrages for Gracchus . It was so customary for the remaining tribes to follow the lead of those who had the " prerogative " of the first vote , that the return of the reformer seemed secure . But then the objection ...
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... tribes . There was a solid mass of democrats at the front , who received Gracchus with the loudest acclama- tions , and formed round him in a sort of battle array when he took his place with his colleagues . But presently it was seen ...
... tribes . There was a solid mass of democrats at the front , who received Gracchus with the loudest acclama- tions , and formed round him in a sort of battle array when he took his place with his colleagues . But presently it was seen ...
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