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 41
... programme . In the reforms which he announced that he intended to carry out in B.C. 132 we see foreshadowed the whole " Democratic platform " of the next fifty years . The planks of it included ( 1 ) the relaxa- tion of the terms of ...
... programme . In the reforms which he announced that he intended to carry out in B.C. 132 we see foreshadowed the whole " Democratic platform " of the next fifty years . The planks of it included ( 1 ) the relaxa- tion of the terms of ...
Page 91
... programme , and civic strife recommenced . From the death of Caius Gracchus in B.C. 121 , down to the appearance of Marius on the political stage in B.C. 106 , the Democratic programme lay dormant . The history of the time turns mainly ...
... programme , and civic strife recommenced . From the death of Caius Gracchus in B.C. 121 , down to the appearance of Marius on the political stage in B.C. 106 , the Democratic programme lay dormant . The history of the time turns mainly ...
Page 94
... programme . He was no more than a discontented and ambitious veteran , with a personal grievance . His simple method of achieving notoriety was to declaim to the multitude concerning the very real abuses of the senatorial government ...
... programme . He was no more than a discontented and ambitious veteran , with a personal grievance . His simple method of achieving notoriety was to declaim to the multitude concerning the very real abuses of the senatorial government ...
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