Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 130
... Lucullus , bidding him appeal to all the smaller powers of the East , who were frightened by the conquering career of Mithradates . But the Oriental states were cowed , and Lucullus at first met with many refusals ; he could only ...
... Lucullus , bidding him appeal to all the smaller powers of the East , who were frightened by the conquering career of Mithradates . But the Oriental states were cowed , and Lucullus at first met with many refusals ; he could only ...
Page 135
... Lucullus had at last collected a fleet , which gave Sulla that power of crossing the Ægean which he had not hitherto possessed . Moreover , Fim- bria was already across the Hellespont , and though his army was small and raw compared ...
... Lucullus had at last collected a fleet , which gave Sulla that power of crossing the Ægean which he had not hitherto possessed . Moreover , Fim- bria was already across the Hellespont , and though his army was small and raw compared ...
Page 153
... Lucullus in the first year of the third Mithradatic war . And on the other death in which the It would seem that Sulla made the quaestorship qualify its holder for a seat in the Senate , so that the governing body of the state was no ...
... Lucullus in the first year of the third Mithradatic war . And on the other death in which the It would seem that Sulla made the quaestorship qualify its holder for a seat in the Senate , so that the governing body of the state was no ...
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... Lucullus , Quintus Metellus , who had made a good military reputation , the orator Hortensius , and Catulus , the son of that Catulus who had fought so well against the Cimbri - a somewhat duller reflection of his father's virtues . But ...
... Lucullus , Quintus Metellus , who had made a good military reputation , the orator Hortensius , and Catulus , the son of that Catulus who had fought so well against the Cimbri - a somewhat duller reflection of his father's virtues . But ...
Page 165
... Lucullus , the best general of really loyal mind whom the Senate possessed , could not entirely subdue him , though he beat him in battle often enough . • The third , and the most difficult and disgraceful of the three military problems ...
... Lucullus , the best general of really loyal mind whom the Senate possessed , could not entirely subdue him , though he beat him in battle often enough . • The third , and the most difficult and disgraceful of the three military problems ...
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