Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... refused to shut themselves up in a city where there was a large population which might turn against them and admit Cæsar . Some of the soldiery informed Cato that they would only stand a siege if they were first allowed to put to death ...
... refused to shut themselves up in a city where there was a large population which might turn against them and admit Cæsar . Some of the soldiery informed Cato that they would only stand a siege if they were first allowed to put to death ...
Page 280
... refused to do so , because he was fully convinced that if he had not an army at his back when Cæsar came home from Gaul , he would find him- self helpless . He had at last realised the fact that he was utterly unable to control domestic ...
... refused to do so , because he was fully convinced that if he had not an army at his back when Cæsar came home from Gaul , he would find him- self helpless . He had at last realised the fact that he was utterly unable to control domestic ...
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... refused to fight him , and had adopted guerilla tactics after the fashion of Sertorius . Had they refused battle , and withdrawn into the mountains with their forces intact , Cæsar would have been left in a quandary . If he pursued them ...
... refused to fight him , and had adopted guerilla tactics after the fashion of Sertorius . Had they refused battle , and withdrawn into the mountains with their forces intact , Cæsar would have been left in a quandary . If he pursued them ...
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