Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 91
... Democratic party again found leaders and a 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 ...
... Democratic party again found leaders and a 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 ...
Page 138
... Democratic government at Rome , for Cinna and his friends knew that they were no longer popular with the country at large . Their three years of rule had been a disastrous failure ; it started with a bloody massacre which alienated ...
... Democratic government at Rome , for Cinna and his friends knew that they were no longer popular with the country at large . Their three years of rule had been a disastrous failure ; it started with a bloody massacre which alienated ...
Page 242
... Democratic constitution : to back his reckless schemes he secretly raised an army of outlaws and swash - bucklers in Etruria . Pompey had to take arms against the man whom he had so unwisely placed in power . He was given an army to ...
... Democratic constitution : to back his reckless schemes he secretly raised an army of outlaws and swash - bucklers in Etruria . Pompey had to take arms against the man whom he had so unwisely placed in power . He was given an army to ...
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