Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CaesarBooks for Libraries Press, 1971 - 348 pages |
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... position and his power of dealing as a magistrate with the public assembly . By resolving to offer himself as a candidate for a second term of office Tiberius changed his whole political position . He had started as an enthusiast who ...
... position and his power of dealing as a magistrate with the public assembly . By resolving to offer himself as a candidate for a second term of office Tiberius changed his whole political position . He had started as an enthusiast who ...
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... position . If Cæsar refused him help , he would sink into insignificance , and become a mere negligible quantity . But it was not the intention of the conqueror of Gaul to break with either of his colleagues . He preferred that during ...
... position . If Cæsar refused him help , he would sink into insignificance , and become a mere negligible quantity . But it was not the intention of the conqueror of Gaul to break with either of his colleagues . He preferred that during ...
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... position which they could not have obtained by their own exertions . For it was he , and not they , who managed the whole busi- ness ; he had but to give the signal and pull the wires , and immediately Clodius relapsed into silence ...
... position which they could not have obtained by their own exertions . For it was he , and not they , who managed the whole busi- ness ; he had but to give the signal and pull the wires , and immediately Clodius relapsed into silence ...
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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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