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The details of the sporadic and never - ending wars in Spain , Macedonia , and
the Hellenic East , which cover the period B . C . 200 - 140 , hide the unwritten
history of the most important changes in the social and economic conditions of
Italy .
The details of the sporadic and never - ending wars in Spain , Macedonia , and
the Hellenic East , which cover the period B . C . 200 - 140 , hide the unwritten
history of the most important changes in the social and economic conditions of
Italy .
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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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The conquests of Spain and Macedonia made them the neighbours of scores of
wild tribes , whom the Carthaginians in the one and the kings of the house of
Antigonus in the other peninsula had been wont to drive back and to keep in
check .
The conquests of Spain and Macedonia made them the neighbours of scores of
wild tribes , whom the Carthaginians in the one and the kings of the house of
Antigonus in the other peninsula had been wont to drive back and to keep in
check .
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Nothing can better illustrate the dislike of the Roman populace for the lingering
and bloody wars of Spain , than the fact that twice in the middle years of the
century ( in 151 and in 138 B . C . ) tribunes actually arrested and imprisoned
consuls ...
Nothing can better illustrate the dislike of the Roman populace for the lingering
and bloody wars of Spain , than the fact that twice in the middle years of the
century ( in 151 and in 138 B . C . ) tribunes actually arrested and imprisoned
consuls ...
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When he first obtained a magistracy and went to Spain as quaestor to the Consul
Mancinus , chance gave him an utterly unexpected opportunity of saving a
Roman army from destruction ( B . C . 137 ) . The Numantines having defeated
and ...
When he first obtained a magistracy and went to Spain as quaestor to the Consul
Mancinus , chance gave him an utterly unexpected opportunity of saving a
Roman army from destruction ( B . C . 137 ) . The Numantines having defeated
and ...
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| Title | Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sar |
| Author | Charles Oman |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, 1902 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 juuni 2008 |
| Length | 348 pages |
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