Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... held by possessio , some had been granted out as far back as the Samnite and Pyrrhic wars , and none had been distributed at a later date than Hannibal's expulsion from Italy . It had been held , therefore , by the tenants for terms ...
... held by possessio , some had been granted out as far back as the Samnite and Pyrrhic wars , and none had been distributed at a later date than Hannibal's expulsion from Italy . It had been held , therefore , by the tenants for terms ...
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... held by possessio at its full market value , under the impression - confirmed by the practice of two hundred years - that it was to all intents and purposes held under a perpetual lease . Some , occupying estates of this kind alongside ...
... held by possessio at its full market value , under the impression - confirmed by the practice of two hundred years - that it was to all intents and purposes held under a perpetual lease . Some , occupying estates of this kind alongside ...
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... held out by the enemy . Caius was always styling the urban multitude " the people . " He was destined to find that it might be truer to call it " the rabble . " The very moderate and statesmanlike form in which Caius proposed to deal ...
... held out by the enemy . Caius was always styling the urban multitude " the people . " He was destined to find that it might be truer to call it " the rabble . " The very moderate and statesmanlike form in which Caius proposed to deal ...
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