Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CaesarBooks for Libraries Press, 1971 - 348 pages |
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... tribune who was only exercising his undoubted constitutional privilege . Convinced now that he would get nothing by quiet means , and that all the upper classes were leagued against him , Tiberius rushed into mere violence and ...
... tribune who was only exercising his undoubted constitutional privilege . Convinced now that he would get nothing by quiet means , and that all the upper classes were leagued against him , Tiberius rushed into mere violence and ...
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... tribune from office . Tiberius , knowing that he was technically guilty , had no wish to face such a trial . He made an elaborate apologia for all that he had done in a speech which shows strong traces of his studies in the field of ...
... tribune from office . Tiberius , knowing that he was technically guilty , had no wish to face such a trial . He made an elaborate apologia for all that he had done in a speech which shows strong traces of his studies in the field of ...
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... tribune would put himself out of the running for any further political promotion . But in spite of this disability , it was conceivable that an ambitious man might become tribune with the intention not of sacrificing any external career ...
... tribune would put himself out of the running for any further political promotion . But in spite of this disability , it was conceivable that an ambitious man might become tribune with the intention not of sacrificing any external career ...
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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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