Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, CaesarE. Arnold, 1980 - 348 pages |
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... head of the crowd , from a point of vantage on to which he had climbed . Flaccus , one of the few really warm partisans of reform in the Senate , had news for his leader . When he had been with difficulty thrust to the front , he gasped ...
... head of the crowd , from a point of vantage on to which he had climbed . Flaccus , one of the few really warm partisans of reform in the Senate , had news for his leader . When he had been with difficulty thrust to the front , he gasped ...
Page 47
... head when the clamour of the multitude who were fleeing from the scene of riot was heard . Inquiries made of the fugitives elicited the wildest statements ; some said that Gracchus was deposing all the other tribunes from office ( as he ...
... head when the clamour of the multitude who were fleeing from the scene of riot was heard . Inquiries made of the fugitives elicited the wildest statements ; some said that Gracchus was deposing all the other tribunes from office ( as he ...
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... head , that all might see his rank . He rushed into the street followed by many scores of the younger senators , who were joined outside by a crowd of their clients and attendants . They soon made their way to the Capitol , where they ...
... head , that all might see his rank . He rushed into the street followed by many scores of the younger senators , who were joined outside by a crowd of their clients and attendants . They soon made their way to the Capitol , where they ...
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