Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 55
... young son , the male line of the Gracchi had died out , though his father , the consul , had left behind him no less than twelve children . Cicero used to tell a story that Caius had sworn after his brother's disastrous end to hold aloof.
... young son , the male line of the Gracchi had died out , though his father , the consul , had left behind him no less than twelve children . Cicero used to tell a story that Caius had sworn after his brother's disastrous end to hold aloof.
Page 113
... from whom such legislation might be expected.1 We have no unbiassed account of his character and his plans , but the records 1 Cicero alone speaks well of him in the De Oratore . H which his enemies have left behind paint him in the.
... from whom such legislation might be expected.1 We have no unbiassed account of his character and his plans , but the records 1 Cicero alone speaks well of him in the De Oratore . H which his enemies have left behind paint him in the.
Page 171
... Cicero had refused to take up a case , he would undertake it , for he considered few persons too unimportant to be worth serving . An obliging , even an unctuous , manner and a real capacity for taking pains in small things gained him ...
... Cicero had refused to take up a case , he would undertake it , for he considered few persons too unimportant to be worth serving . An obliging , even an unctuous , manner and a real capacity for taking pains in small things gained him ...
Page 175
... Cicero and other witnesses , to have made any 1 The law of Roscius Otho , which completed the rehabilitation of the Knights by giving them back their insigna and their seats in the theatre and circus , belongs to this same cycle of ...
... Cicero and other witnesses , to have made any 1 The law of Roscius Otho , which completed the rehabilitation of the Knights by giving them back their insigna and their seats in the theatre and circus , belongs to this same cycle of ...
Page 181
... Cicero headed against it a combination of the Optimates and the friends of Pompey , who when allied proved able to triumph over the Democrats , in spite of all the bribes of Crassus and all the eloquence of C¿sar . But the agrarian law ...
... Cicero headed against it a combination of the Optimates and the friends of Pompey , who when allied proved able to triumph over the Democrats , in spite of all the bribes of Crassus and all the eloquence of C¿sar . But the agrarian law ...
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