Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... bill to the next legal day of meet- ing , begging his friends to see that they came down in full force to the adjourned debate . A vast crowd appeared on the appointed day , enough , as the reformer hoped , to overawe his recalcitrant ...
... bill to the next legal day of meet- ing , begging his friends to see that they came down in full force to the adjourned debate . A vast crowd appeared on the appointed day , enough , as the reformer hoped , to overawe his recalcitrant ...
Page 58
... bill now brought forward was to the effect that any magistrate whom the Roman people had removed from office , for any cause , was to be for the future incapable of holding office again . This was mere persecution , for Octavius had ...
... bill now brought forward was to the effect that any magistrate whom the Roman people had removed from office , for any cause , was to be for the future incapable of holding office again . This was mere persecution , for Octavius had ...
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... bill profited the urban mob alone , since they were the only citizens who lived near enough to the fount of supply to be able to turn it to account . Now , 6 asses per modius was , as it would appear , a rate which represented about one ...
... bill profited the urban mob alone , since they were the only citizens who lived near enough to the fount of supply to be able to turn it to account . Now , 6 asses per modius was , as it would appear , a rate which represented about one ...
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