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Separated from Italy by the still unsubdued coast - land of Southern Gaul , Spain
could only be reached by a long sea voyage , which the Roman never loved ,
and which he rigidly eschewed at certain seasons of the year . The proconsuls in
...
Separated from Italy by the still unsubdued coast - land of Southern Gaul , Spain
could only be reached by a long sea voyage , which the Roman never loved ,
and which he rigidly eschewed at certain seasons of the year . The proconsuls in
...
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He brought in a bill for this very just and wise purpose , saw it blocked by the
tribunicial veto , and then , instead of persevering with it , suddenly left Rome ,
and plunged into a series of campaigns in Southern Gaul ( B . C . 125 ) . The
Senate ...
He brought in a bill for this very just and wise purpose , saw it blocked by the
tribunicial veto , and then , instead of persevering with it , suddenly left Rome ,
and plunged into a series of campaigns in Southern Gaul ( B . C . 125 ) . The
Senate ...
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All the unknown barbarism of Central Europe was on the move ; tribe was
thrusting against tribe , and the outer waves of the seething whirlpool of nations
were washing against the borders of the provinces of Macedonia and Narbonese
Gaul .
All the unknown barbarism of Central Europe was on the move ; tribe was
thrusting against tribe , and the outer waves of the seething whirlpool of nations
were washing against the borders of the provinces of Macedonia and Narbonese
Gaul .
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At last the situation grew so threatening that the Senate despatched two large
armies — a dozen legions of raw recruits — to defend the frontiers of Gaul . For
the originators of all the stress and turmoil , the great mass of migratory bands
whom ...
At last the situation grew so threatening that the Senate despatched two large
armies — a dozen legions of raw recruits — to defend the frontiers of Gaul . For
the originators of all the stress and turmoil , the great mass of migratory bands
whom ...
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It was not till they had wandered far and wide in Spain and Gaul , spreading
devastation around them , that the barbarians turned back at last to the true
objective , and marched in two vast columns against Italy , the Teutons by the
nearer route ...
It was not till they had wandered far and wide in Spain and Gaul , spreading
devastation around them , that the barbarians turned back at last to the true
objective , and marched in two vast columns against Italy , the Teutons by the
nearer route ...
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| Title | Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sar |
| Authors | Charles Oman, Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, 1902 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 juuni 2008 |
| Length | 348 pages |
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