Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CaesarBooks for Libraries Press, 1971 - 348 pages |
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Page 67
... Asia censoribus locanda instituted a most detestable form of it . Not only was the tithe system imposed on Asia , and the administration of it farmed out , but it was ordained that the bidding for the tithes should take place before the ...
... Asia censoribus locanda instituted a most detestable form of it . Not only was the tithe system imposed on Asia , and the administration of it farmed out , but it was ordained that the bidding for the tithes should take place before the ...
Page 123
... Asia , and he had been deeply grieved by the humiliation which the Roman arms had been suffering in the Mithra- datic war . Hence it was that he was moved to ungovernable wrath when he was informed that Sulpicius had passed a law to ...
... Asia , and he had been deeply grieved by the humiliation which the Roman arms had been suffering in the Mithra- datic war . Hence it was that he was moved to ungovernable wrath when he was informed that Sulpicius had passed a law to ...
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... Asia . For Lucullus had at last collected a fleet , which gave Sulla that power of crossing the Ægean which he had not hitherto possessed . Moreover , Fim- bria was already across the Hellespont , and though his army was small and raw ...
... Asia . For Lucullus had at last collected a fleet , which gave Sulla that power of crossing the Ægean which he had not hitherto possessed . Moreover , Fim- bria was already across the Hellespont , and though his army was small and raw ...
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