Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarE. Arnold, 1957 - 348 pages |
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... colleague . But when the clerk again began to recite the preamble , Octavius again interposed his veto ; then followed a violent scene , while the tribunes exchanged hard words and the mob raged and shouted . A most unhappy inspiration ...
... colleague . But when the clerk again began to recite the preamble , Octavius again interposed his veto ; then followed a violent scene , while the tribunes exchanged hard words and the mob raged and shouted . A most unhappy inspiration ...
Page 309
... colleague . But in C¿sar's year of office it did not matter much whether he had a colleague or not . His consulship was a sort of carnival of illegality and mob law , which made a fitting close to the whole of his demagogic career . He ...
... colleague . But in C¿sar's year of office it did not matter much whether he had a colleague or not . His consulship was a sort of carnival of illegality and mob law , which made a fitting close to the whole of his demagogic career . He ...
Page 310
... colleague was violating the most fundamental laws of the constitution . C¿sar had him seized by his lictors , bundled him off the rostra , and told the attendants to see that no harm happened to him , and to turn him loose in some quiet ...
... colleague was violating the most fundamental laws of the constitution . C¿sar had him seized by his lictors , bundled him off the rostra , and told the attendants to see that no harm happened to him , and to turn him loose in some quiet ...
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