Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 19
... able to pay the capitalist long after it had ceased to pay the freeholder . But it was only exceptionally that the new acquirers of the yeomen's homesteads tried to keep the land under tillage . It was much more common to throw many ...
... able to pay the capitalist long after it had ceased to pay the freeholder . But it was only exceptionally that the new acquirers of the yeomen's homesteads tried to keep the land under tillage . It was much more common to throw many ...
Page 33
... able , if the possessores could be paid off and induced to depart without too much friction . But it was obviously iniquitous to abolish the compensation clauses merely because opposition had been offered . And to put a stop to all ...
... able , if the possessores could be paid off and induced to depart without too much friction . But it was obviously iniquitous to abolish the compensation clauses merely because opposition had been offered . And to put a stop to all ...
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... able to accomplish the feat . But it is clear that the fact that agricultural depression had its roots not in " the wicked- ness of the rich , " but in obscure economic changes , had never entered the reformer's head . Of the friction ...
... able to accomplish the feat . But it is clear that the fact that agricultural depression had its roots not in " the wicked- ness of the rich , " but in obscure economic changes , had never entered the reformer's head . Of the friction ...
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... able ever again to live in quiet . Angry senators insulted him in the streets , and asked him inconvenient constitutional questions on public occasions . No story was too silly or malignant to be told against him . One ridiculous ...
... able ever again to live in quiet . Angry senators insulted him in the streets , and asked him inconvenient constitutional questions on public occasions . No story was too silly or malignant to be told against him . One ridiculous ...
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... able to turn it to account . Now , 63 asses per modius was , as it would appear , a rate which represented about one - half the normal price of corn in the Roman market during an average year . The measure was equivalent , therefore ...
... able to turn it to account . Now , 63 asses per modius was , as it would appear , a rate which represented about one - half the normal price of corn in the Roman market during an average year . The measure was equivalent , therefore ...
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