Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CaesarBooks for Libraries Press, 1971 - 348 pages |
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... assembly of citizens massed in the Campus Martius . On any ordi- nary day of meeting the assembly was entirely composed of the urban populace ; it would require some very great matter to induce the farmers of the Campagna to trudge in ...
... assembly of citizens massed in the Campus Martius . On any ordi- nary day of meeting the assembly was entirely composed of the urban populace ; it would require some very great matter to induce the farmers of the Campagna to trudge in ...
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... assembly . The son of the former was killed in this desperate riot . However exaggerated may be the language of Plutarch , it is at least clear that Sulpicius was a man of violent and unscrupulous character : but for the moment he had ...
... assembly . The son of the former was killed in this desperate riot . However exaggerated may be the language of Plutarch , it is at least clear that Sulpicius was a man of violent and unscrupulous character : but for the moment he had ...
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... assembly , became binding on the state , there was no security against a reaction that might annul the whole of the Cornelian Laws the moment that their author should have passed away . Sulla's action against the Comitia was very ...
... assembly , became binding on the state , there was no security against a reaction that might annul the whole of the Cornelian Laws the moment that their author should have passed away . Sulla's action against the Comitia was very ...
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Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic the Gracchi: Sulla, Crassus ... Sir Charles Oman No preview available - 2015 |
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