Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 109
... Optimates had taken up their cause : Drusus had been supported by men such as Crassus the orator , Aurelius Cotta ... Optimate party , the Italians saw that they could only hope to gain their rights by unsheathing the sword . Within ...
... Optimates had taken up their cause : Drusus had been supported by men such as Crassus the orator , Aurelius Cotta ... Optimate party , the Italians saw that they could only hope to gain their rights by unsheathing the sword . Within ...
Page 133
... Optimates . This he actually did , to the great relief of Sulla , who not only was relieved of an enemy , but saw that enemy doing good work for him by making a diversion in Asia . For Flaccus crossed the Hellespont , and though he was ...
... Optimates . This he actually did , to the great relief of Sulla , who not only was relieved of an enemy , but saw that enemy doing good work for him by making a diversion in Asia . For Flaccus crossed the Hellespont , and though he was ...
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... Optimates captious and critical , and the Democrats far more concerned in the Catilinarian conspiracy and its results than in the newly accomplished conquest of the East . His simple and moderate requests - the confirmation of his ...
... Optimates captious and critical , and the Democrats far more concerned in the Catilinarian conspiracy and its results than in the newly accomplished conquest of the East . His simple and moderate requests - the confirmation of his ...
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