Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 29
... possible deadlock which the veto might bring about . The powers of the office had never been pressed to their logical extreme , though it was always possible that an obstinate man might bring matters to a crisis . At this particular ...
... possible deadlock which the veto might bring about . The powers of the office had never been pressed to their logical extreme , though it was always possible that an obstinate man might bring matters to a crisis . At this particular ...
Page 288
... possible to be the first soldier of the Republic without being also required to become an autocrat or a " saviour of society . " Military greatness he had won with his sword ; political importance was thrust upon him by the inevitable ...
... possible to be the first soldier of the Republic without being also required to become an autocrat or a " saviour of society . " Military greatness he had won with his sword ; political importance was thrust upon him by the inevitable ...
Page 335
... possible to go forth to transmarine colonies . But any successful despot must have taken all these measures : to keep an armed force in the capital , to endeavour to distract the energies of the multitude into colonisation , were ...
... possible to go forth to transmarine colonies . But any successful despot must have taken all these measures : to keep an armed force in the capital , to endeavour to distract the energies of the multitude into colonisation , were ...
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