Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, CaesarE. Arnold, 1980 - 348 pages |
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... tried they should be punished by a heavy fine . In a short time every department of govern- ment was in confusion : public servants could not draw their pay ; contractors could not continue their works ; every litigant found his lawsuit ...
... tried they should be punished by a heavy fine . In a short time every department of govern- ment was in confusion : public servants could not draw their pay ; contractors could not continue their works ; every litigant found his lawsuit ...
Page 232
... tried its edge . " Now , at least , I am master of myself , " he said ; and , lying down again , he twice read through the book on which he had been intent . Then he lay down for a short snatch of slumber ; but at dawn he woke , and ...
... tried its edge . " Now , at least , I am master of myself , " he said ; and , lying down again , he twice read through the book on which he had been intent . Then he lay down for a short snatch of slumber ; but at dawn he woke , and ...
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... tried Optimate principles and equally tried incapacity whom Pompey had been forced to put in high command . With 20,000 newly embodied men , not wholly armed nor even told off into legions , Domitius ventured to oppose himself to Cæsar ...
... tried Optimate principles and equally tried incapacity whom Pompey had been forced to put in high command . With 20,000 newly embodied men , not wholly armed nor even told off into legions , Domitius ventured to oppose himself to Cæsar ...
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