Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 56
... Caius ? There is no alternative . The fates have decreed the same career for each of us - to spend our lives and meet our deaths in vindicating the rights of the Roman people . " Dreams are ... CAIUS 57 the Cæsars , and 56 CAIUS GRACCHUS.
... Caius ? There is no alternative . The fates have decreed the same career for each of us - to spend our lives and meet our deaths in vindicating the rights of the Roman people . " Dreams are ... CAIUS 57 the Cæsars , and 56 CAIUS GRACCHUS.
Page 58
... Caius was by no means SO righteous . It was aimed at the perfectly respectable and blameless tribune Octavius , who had opposed Tiberius on the question of the Agrarian Law , and had been deposed by him in such an illegal fashion . The ...
... Caius was by no means SO righteous . It was aimed at the perfectly respectable and blameless tribune Octavius , who had opposed Tiberius on the question of the Agrarian Law , and had been deposed by him in such an illegal fashion . The ...
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... CAIUS 61 yeoman class they could not hold their own in Italy without Protection , which it was certain that Caius's friends in the urban multitude would never grant them . But on the fertile soil of Africa they might do well enough ...
... CAIUS 61 yeoman class they could not hold their own in Italy without Protection , which it was certain that Caius's friends in the urban multitude would never grant them . But on the fertile soil of Africa they might do well enough ...
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