Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... command , with every sign of alarm , and so provoked the young Gnaeus Pompeius that he purposed to have him put to death as a traitor . Cato , though much disgusted with him , succeeded in preserving his life , and managed that he ...
... command , with every sign of alarm , and so provoked the young Gnaeus Pompeius that he purposed to have him put to death as a traitor . Cato , though much disgusted with him , succeeded in preserving his life , and managed that he ...
Page 252
... command was to be for no less than three years . For a man who wished to be king , all the essentials of a military monarchy were thus provided . But Pompey had no desire for throne or diadem , and this ( we can- not doubt ) was well ...
... command was to be for no less than three years . For a man who wished to be king , all the essentials of a military monarchy were thus provided . But Pompey had no desire for throne or diadem , and this ( we can- not doubt ) was well ...
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... command . Such had been the purport of the Vatinian Law , which was drafted on the same lines as the Gabinian and Manilian Laws that had been passed for Pompey's benefit nearly ten years before . Clearly Cæsar thought that five years ...
... command . Such had been the purport of the Vatinian Law , which was drafted on the same lines as the Gabinian and Manilian Laws that had been passed for Pompey's benefit nearly ten years before . Clearly Cæsar thought that five years ...
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