Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarE. Arnold, 1957 - 348 pages |
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Page 67
... wished . " How harmful to the state were these " things which they wished " may be seen from the case of the Asiatic taxes . Since their annexation in B.C. 133 , or rather since their rescue from the hands of the rebel Aristonicus in ...
... wished . " How harmful to the state were these " things which they wished " may be seen from the case of the Asiatic taxes . Since their annexation in B.C. 133 , or rather since their rescue from the hands of the rebel Aristonicus in ...
Page 212
... wished to embroil Pompey with the Optimates . As a leader of the Democratic party , he did not really wish to see the army of the East and its general transferred to Italy . But it would profit the populares if the Pompeians could be ...
... wished to embroil Pompey with the Optimates . As a leader of the Democratic party , he did not really wish to see the army of the East and its general transferred to Italy . But it would profit the populares if the Pompeians could be ...
Page 288
... wished to be , yet he was led into doing many things tyrannical . All his life shows that he aspired to nothing more than the place of first citizen in the Republic . Yet he helped to make the Republic impossible , by setting precedents ...
... wished to be , yet he was led into doing many things tyrannical . All his life shows that he aspired to nothing more than the place of first citizen in the Republic . Yet he helped to make the Republic impossible , by setting precedents ...
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