Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, CaesarE. Arnold, 1980 - 348 pages |
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Page 64
... body . The most important of the laws by which Gracchus designed to sow discord between the Senate and the Equites was that by which the control of the law courts was trans- ferred from the one to the other body . Hitherto senators ...
... body . The most important of the laws by which Gracchus designed to sow discord between the Senate and the Equites was that by which the control of the law courts was trans- ferred from the one to the other body . Hitherto senators ...
Page 105
... body that could be created . It could do no harm if the urban multitude were diluted , or even swamped , by the sturdy farmers of those parts of Central Italy to which agricultural depression had not yet penetrated . The Agrarian Law ...
... body that could be created . It could do no harm if the urban multitude were diluted , or even swamped , by the sturdy farmers of those parts of Central Italy to which agricultural depression had not yet penetrated . The Agrarian Law ...
Page 238
... body from the bier and dishonoured it , we shall perhaps not be wrong in substituting was murdered " for " was killed by lightning . " There are other cases in Roman history of unpopular generals who are said to have met their death ...
... body from the bier and dishonoured it , we shall perhaps not be wrong in substituting was murdered " for " was killed by lightning . " There are other cases in Roman history of unpopular generals who are said to have met their death ...
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