Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, CaesarE. Arnold, 1980 - 348 pages |
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Page 92
... chief , using the " one - man power " which a democracy really loves . And the chief was long in coming . Meanwhile the main thread of the annals of Rome consists of the history of two long foreign wars , both grossly mismanaged by the ...
... chief , using the " one - man power " which a democracy really loves . And the chief was long in coming . Meanwhile the main thread of the annals of Rome consists of the history of two long foreign wars , both grossly mismanaged by the ...
Page 126
... chief of any note to resuscitate the vanquished faction , and the Senate ought to be able to take care of itself for the present . Accordingly he contented himself with making some com- paratively unobtrusive changes in the constitution ...
... chief of any note to resuscitate the vanquished faction , and the Senate ought to be able to take care of itself for the present . Accordingly he contented himself with making some com- paratively unobtrusive changes in the constitution ...
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... chief honoured Pompey more than any other man of his party , saluted him as Imperator , and gave him precedence over all his other officers , though he was technically no more than a simple knight , and was barely qualified by his age ...
... chief honoured Pompey more than any other man of his party , saluted him as Imperator , and gave him precedence over all his other officers , though he was technically no more than a simple knight , and was barely qualified by his age ...
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