Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, CaesarE. Arnold, 1980 - 348 pages |
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Page 27
... probably hardly a senator or a knight in Rome who did not hold some of his land by the mere tenure of possessio , and the fact that the tenure was precarious had ( through the state's own fault ) been completely forgotten . It was not ...
... probably hardly a senator or a knight in Rome who did not hold some of his land by the mere tenure of possessio , and the fact that the tenure was precarious had ( through the state's own fault ) been completely forgotten . It was not ...
Page 121
... probably for this reason that Sulla took a particular pride in the statues ; they were placed long after as the device on Cornelian coins . We may still see Sulla in his chair , the captive Numidian king in chains before him , and the ...
... probably for this reason that Sulla took a particular pride in the statues ; they were placed long after as the device on Cornelian coins . We may still see Sulla in his chair , the captive Numidian king in chains before him , and the ...
Page 285
... probably have done well to have let Cæsar march whither he pleased , and to have thrown his whole army on to Italy . His fleet could have taken him over in a few days , and the Peninsula was practically undefended . There was nothing ...
... probably have done well to have let Cæsar march whither he pleased , and to have thrown his whole army on to Italy . His fleet could have taken him over in a few days , and the Peninsula was practically undefended . There was nothing ...
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