Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... colleague . But when the clerk again began to recite the preamble , Octavius again interposed his veto ; then followed a violent scene , while the tribunes exchanged hard words and the mob raged and shouted . A most unhappy inspiration ...
... colleague . But when the clerk again began to recite the preamble , Octavius again interposed his veto ; then followed a violent scene , while the tribunes exchanged hard words and the mob raged and shouted . A most unhappy inspiration ...
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... colleague in the con- sulship , dismissed his troops , and finally dropped back into his old position . By this time it was practically certain that the open breach between the two surviving triumvirs could not be long delayed . Julia ...
... colleague in the con- sulship , dismissed his troops , and finally dropped back into his old position . By this time it was practically certain that the open breach between the two surviving triumvirs could not be long delayed . Julia ...
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... colleague . But in C¿sar's year of office it did not matter much whether he had a colleague or not . His consulship was a sort of carnival of illegality and mob law , which made a fitting close to the whole of his demagogic career . He ...
... colleague . But in C¿sar's year of office it did not matter much whether he had a colleague or not . His consulship was a sort of carnival of illegality and mob law , which made a fitting close to the whole of his demagogic career . He ...
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