Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarE. Arnold, 1957 - 348 pages |
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... civil service . The Roman world , in short , was badly governed and badly defended : the provinces were steadily decreasing in wealth and resources from the moment that they were annexed . And since Italy and Rome herself were — as we ...
... civil service . The Roman world , in short , was badly governed and badly defended : the provinces were steadily decreasing in wealth and resources from the moment that they were annexed . And since Italy and Rome herself were — as we ...
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... civil strife . No man is fit for a party leader who combines an emotional temperament , an impatience of opposition , and a complete inability to look at contested questions from his opponent's point of view as well as his own . It is ...
... civil strife . No man is fit for a party leader who combines an emotional temperament , an impatience of opposition , and a complete inability to look at contested questions from his opponent's point of view as well as his own . It is ...
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... civil wars had been the ruin of Syria in the previous generation . Marching down from Asia Minor , the great general occupied Antioch and proclaimed the incorporation of Syria and Cilicia with the Roman empire . Almost every- where the ...
... civil wars had been the ruin of Syria in the previous generation . Marching down from Asia Minor , the great general occupied Antioch and proclaimed the incorporation of Syria and Cilicia with the Roman empire . Almost every- where the ...
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