Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... Roman life and the old forms of Roman government had grown so glaring , that even the conservative Roman mind saw that the present state of things could not endure much longer . The two problems which had forced themselves to the front ...
... Roman life and the old forms of Roman government had grown so glaring , that even the conservative Roman mind saw that the present state of things could not endure much longer . The two problems which had forced themselves to the front ...
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... Roman freeholders , we shall not be persuaded that Viriathus and the Numantines suc- ceeded in doing so . It was really economic changes , in a time of comparative peace , that were doing the mischief . Otherwise the Roman farmer , like ...
... Roman freeholders , we shall not be persuaded that Viriathus and the Numantines suc- ceeded in doing so . It was really economic changes , in a time of comparative peace , that were doing the mischief . Otherwise the Roman farmer , like ...
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... Roman citizens who bought it , and Roman citizens ought to get as much as possible of the profits of Empire out of the " praedia populi Romani . " Indeed , the city mob were already clamouring for distributions of corn when any excuse ...
... Roman citizens who bought it , and Roman citizens ought to get as much as possible of the profits of Empire out of the " praedia populi Romani . " Indeed , the city mob were already clamouring for distributions of corn when any excuse ...
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