Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, CaesarE. Arnold, 1980 - 348 pages |
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Page 179
... command against the Pirates . In consequence of this commission , and of the subsequent Manilian Law , which transferred to him the command against Mithradates , he was absent from Rome for nearly seven years . Crassus had at first ...
... command against the Pirates . In consequence of this commission , and of the subsequent Manilian Law , which transferred to him the command against Mithradates , he was absent from Rome for nearly seven years . Crassus had at first ...
Page 252
... command was to be for no less than three years . For a man who wished to be king , all the essentials of a military monarchy were thus provided . But Pompey had no desire for throne or diadem , and this ( we can- not doubt ) was well ...
... command was to be for no less than three years . For a man who wished to be king , all the essentials of a military monarchy were thus provided . But Pompey had no desire for throne or diadem , and this ( we can- not doubt ) was well ...
Page 254
... command , according to his invari- able fashion but he was not yet destined to leave the East . A bill was brought in by the tribune C. Manilius , to transfer to him the charge of the war against Mithradates and the care of all the ...
... command , according to his invari- able fashion but he was not yet destined to leave the East . A bill was brought in by the tribune C. Manilius , to transfer to him the charge of the war against Mithradates and the care of all the ...
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