Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... Drusus , a tribune of whom little had hitherto been known . He did not attempt to resist Caius by the method of mere stolid opposition , which Octavius had used ten years before against the reformer's elder brother . His plan was one ...
... Drusus , a tribune of whom little had hitherto been known . He did not attempt to resist Caius by the method of mere stolid opposition , which Octavius had used ten years before against the reformer's elder brother . His plan was one ...
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The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. Cæsar Charles Oman. DRUSUS OUTBIDS GRACCHUS 73 With the object , then , of showing that he was a truer and more liberal friend of the people than Caius himself , Livius Drusus announced his ...
The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. Cæsar Charles Oman. DRUSUS OUTBIDS GRACCHUS 73 With the object , then , of showing that he was a truer and more liberal friend of the people than Caius himself , Livius Drusus announced his ...
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... Drusus took great care to point out to the people that he was acting with the full consent and approbation of the Senate . He wished to produce the impression that popular legislation could be procured from other sources than the ...
... Drusus took great care to point out to the people that he was acting with the full consent and approbation of the Senate . He wished to produce the impression that popular legislation could be procured from other sources than the ...
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The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. Cæsar Charles Oman. DRUSUS STOPS THE FRANCHISE BILL 75 was no explosion of popular wrath , for the fact was that the majority of the multitude was apathetic on the point , or even held that the ...
The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. Cæsar Charles Oman. DRUSUS STOPS THE FRANCHISE BILL 75 was no explosion of popular wrath , for the fact was that the majority of the multitude was apathetic on the point , or even held that the ...
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... Drusus or some other tribune who presided at the poll made a fraudulent and unjust return . That such a thing should have been possible shows that at least the suffrages of the people must have been much divided , for if Caius had ...
... Drusus or some other tribune who presided at the poll made a fraudulent and unjust return . That such a thing should have been possible shows that at least the suffrages of the people must have been much divided , for if Caius had ...
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