Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 82
... consul had ordered every senator and every knight of the Optimate party to provide two fully armed men ; he had taken command of a body of Cretan mercenaries who chanced to be passing through the city , and had ordered a general muster ...
... consul had ordered every senator and every knight of the Optimate party to provide two fully armed men ; he had taken command of a body of Cretan mercenaries who chanced to be passing through the city , and had ordered a general muster ...
Page 127
... consul for B.C. 87 , L. Cornelius Cinna , a vain heady man , who seems to have been carried away by a sudden lust for establishing a personal domination in the style of Caius Gracchus , rather than by any true zeal for the popular cause ...
... consul for B.C. 87 , L. Cornelius Cinna , a vain heady man , who seems to have been carried away by a sudden lust for establishing a personal domination in the style of Caius Gracchus , rather than by any true zeal for the popular cause ...
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... consul . He prosecuted Muraena , the Optimate consul - elect for B.C. 62 , for bribery at the elections , and when he came into the court found Cicero opposing him as the defendant's advocate . The offence had been a gross one , and the ...
... consul . He prosecuted Muraena , the Optimate consul - elect for B.C. 62 , for bribery at the elections , and when he came into the court found Cicero opposing him as the defendant's advocate . The offence had been a gross one , and the ...
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