Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CaesarBooks for Libraries Press, 1971 - 348 pages |
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... financial administration in Sardinia , as well as for his personal integrity ; he was the only quaestor - as he him- self said — who went out with a full purse and came back with an empty one . After returning from Sardinia in B.C. 124 ...
... financial administration in Sardinia , as well as for his personal integrity ; he was the only quaestor - as he him- self said — who went out with a full purse and came back with an empty one . After returning from Sardinia in B.C. 124 ...
Page 66
... financial question might be in dispute , there would be a tendency , even in honest men , to decide in favour of their own class interests . Roman publicanus was little influenced either by delicacy or by regard for public opinion . The ...
... financial question might be in dispute , there would be a tendency , even in honest men , to decide in favour of their own class interests . Roman publicanus was little influenced either by delicacy or by regard for public opinion . The ...
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... finance , he had made himself the king and lord of the whole tribe of publicani , who , as members of the Equestrian Order ... financial ventures . But it was not only in commercial circles that he had extended his influence ; it was his ...
... finance , he had made himself the king and lord of the whole tribe of publicani , who , as members of the Equestrian Order ... financial ventures . But it was not only in commercial circles that he had extended his influence ; it was his ...
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