Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... young to aid him in his schemes , though not too young to be appointed one of the famous . triumvirs of the Land Commission - that family party which had given so much offence to the Optimates . When the powers of the Commission were ...
... young to aid him in his schemes , though not too young to be appointed one of the famous . triumvirs of the Land Commission - that family party which had given so much offence to the Optimates . When the powers of the Commission were ...
Page 120
... young days . But Men of the type of Sulla , able , impecunious , and desti- tute of any family influence , were generally the stuff from which demagogues were made . There are a dozen instances in Roman history of young and penniless ...
... young days . But Men of the type of Sulla , able , impecunious , and desti- tute of any family influence , were generally the stuff from which demagogues were made . There are a dozen instances in Roman history of young and penniless ...
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... young , and politics in the earlier days of the Sullan régime were dangerous . Indeed , he would seem to have left Rome in order to keep out of the dictator's notice . We find him serving in B.C. 80-79 under Minucius Thermus at the ...
... young , and politics in the earlier days of the Sullan régime were dangerous . Indeed , he would seem to have left Rome in order to keep out of the dictator's notice . We find him serving in B.C. 80-79 under Minucius Thermus at the ...
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