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 128
... massacre to the more practical task of taking measures for the suppression of Sulla , who had sailed for the East in the previous year to take up the war against Mithradates . When Sulla had started from Brundisium for Greece in the ...
... massacre to the more practical task of taking measures for the suppression of Sulla , who had sailed for the East in the previous year to take up the war against Mithradates . When Sulla had started from Brundisium for Greece in the ...
Page 139
... massacre , bankruptcy , and discontent . The chiefs of the dominant faction had proved windbags , and dishonest wind bags too . Of all the men who emerged as leaders in these troublous years , none showed the least sign of genius save ...
... massacre , bankruptcy , and discontent . The chiefs of the dominant faction had proved windbags , and dishonest wind bags too . Of all the men who emerged as leaders in these troublous years , none showed the least sign of genius save ...
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... massacre the Senate , burn the city , and rule as a tyrant among the corpses and the smoking ruins . If there were any truth in all this , we should conclude that Crassus , as the largest householder in Rome , was not likely to be privy ...
... massacre the Senate , burn the city , and rule as a tyrant among the corpses and the smoking ruins . If there were any truth in all this , we should conclude that Crassus , as the largest householder in Rome , was not likely to be privy ...
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