Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, CaesarE. Arnold, 1980 - 348 pages |
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... deal more of a money - lender , speculator , and financial agent than of a mere merchant . His in- terests were as much opposed to those of the provincials as they were to those of the Senate . His main wish was to exploit the empire ...
... deal more of a money - lender , speculator , and financial agent than of a mere merchant . His in- terests were as much opposed to those of the provincials as they were to those of the Senate . His main wish was to exploit the empire ...
Page 252
... deal with him as Tiberius Gracchus had dealt with Octavius sixty - six years before , and when he saw the tribes actually called upon to vote for his de- position , Trebellius collapsed and withdrew his proposed veto . As a last move ...
... deal with him as Tiberius Gracchus had dealt with Octavius sixty - six years before , and when he saw the tribes actually called upon to vote for his de- position , Trebellius collapsed and withdrew his proposed veto . As a last move ...
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... deal with the army that has no general ; I shall then come back to deal with the general who has no army . " He carried out his project ; in a campaign of three short months he defeated , surrounded , and captured five of the Pompeian ...
... deal with the army that has no general ; I shall then come back to deal with the general who has no army . " He carried out his project ; in a campaign of three short months he defeated , surrounded , and captured five of the Pompeian ...
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