Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... arms went rapidly up from the end of the Punic Wars down to B.C. 159 . Attaining its maximum in that year , it began very slowly but steadily to decrease . In 159 there were 338,000 assidui ; in 154 there were 324,000 ; in 147 , 322,000 ...
... arms went rapidly up from the end of the Punic Wars down to B.C. 159 . Attaining its maximum in that year , it began very slowly but steadily to decrease . In 159 there were 338,000 assidui ; in 154 there were 324,000 ; in 147 , 322,000 ...
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... arms under a certain Aristonicus ( the son , it was said , of the daughter of an itinerant harper ) , who claimed to be a natural son of the father of Attalus III . But the capital , the coast cities , and , most important of all , the ...
... arms under a certain Aristonicus ( the son , it was said , of the daughter of an itinerant harper ) , who claimed to be a natural son of the father of Attalus III . But the capital , the coast cities , and , most important of all , the ...
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... arm their friends and servants and to sally out into the streets to murder him . Without waiting to see whether or no the report was exaggerated or the enemy really at hand , Tiberius gave the signal for hostilities by making the ...
... arm their friends and servants and to sally out into the streets to murder him . Without waiting to see whether or no the report was exaggerated or the enemy really at hand , Tiberius gave the signal for hostilities by making the ...
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... arms against the " tyrant . " But the imperturbable magistrate merely announced that if Gracchus was persuading or forcing the people into irregular courses , he should take care to to annul his proceedings , but that he would not be ...
... arms against the " tyrant . " But the imperturbable magistrate merely announced that if Gracchus was persuading or forcing the people into irregular courses , he should take care to to annul his proceedings , but that he would not be ...
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... arms of Gracchus . It was accordingly against the colonial scheme that the Optimates opened their batteries . Formal representations were made to the augurs that the omens at the foundation of Junonia had been unfavourable , and all the ...
... arms of Gracchus . It was accordingly against the colonial scheme that the Optimates opened their batteries . Formal representations were made to the augurs that the omens at the foundation of Junonia had been unfavourable , and all the ...
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