Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CaesarBooks for Libraries Press, 1971 - 348 pages |
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... Cato's love of purity and legality might be in place in some ideal republic , but not in Rome , till he set the jury in a roar . Cato was defeated , but contented himself with remarking that " Rome had a very facetious consul . " He ...
... Cato's love of purity and legality might be in place in some ideal republic , but not in Rome , till he set the jury in a roar . Cato was defeated , but contented himself with remarking that " Rome had a very facetious consul . " He ...
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The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. Caesar Charles Oman. CATO OPPOSES METELLUS NEPOS 213 with each other . When Nepos began to read his bill , Cato rose and interposed his veto . Encouraged by the shouts of his partisans ...
The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. Caesar Charles Oman. CATO OPPOSES METELLUS NEPOS 213 with each other . When Nepos began to read his bill , Cato rose and interposed his veto . Encouraged by the shouts of his partisans ...
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... Cato again came down to protest . He told the citizens that " they were voting a tyrant into the citadel " when they gave the triumvir the all - important Cisalpine province and the legions that lay in it . But it was to no purpose : Cato ...
... Cato again came down to protest . He told the citizens that " they were voting a tyrant into the citadel " when they gave the triumvir the all - important Cisalpine province and the legions that lay in it . But it was to no purpose : Cato ...
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