Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... army , navy , and civil service . The Roman world , in short , was badly governed and badly defended : the provinces were steadily decreasing in wealth and resources from the moment that they were annexed . And since Italy and Rome ...
... army , navy , and civil service . The Roman world , in short , was badly governed and badly defended : the provinces were steadily decreasing in wealth and resources from the moment that they were annexed . And since Italy and Rome ...
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... army . 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 ...
... army . 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 ...
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... army was allowed to depart . It was no fault of his if the Senate afterwards refused to ratify the agreement , and sent Mancinus in chains to Numantia . He was only remem- bered as the saviour of the lives of the defeated legions , and ...
... army was allowed to depart . It was no fault of his if the Senate afterwards refused to ratify the agreement , and sent Mancinus in chains to Numantia . He was only remem- bered as the saviour of the lives of the defeated legions , and ...
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... army when he exhorts his soldiers to fight for their ancestral sepulchres and their domestic gods . For in these days how many are there of the rank and file who possess an altar that their forefathers reared , or a sepul- chre in which ...
... army when he exhorts his soldiers to fight for their ancestral sepulchres and their domestic gods . For in these days how many are there of the rank and file who possess an altar that their forefathers reared , or a sepul- chre in which ...
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... army when it saluted its commander with the shout , " Long live Mar- shal Beresford , who takes care of our bellies . " The voters of the Suburra were blameless . They knew no better , when they aided their leader to carry through this ...
... army when it saluted its commander with the shout , " Long live Mar- shal Beresford , who takes care of our bellies . " The voters of the Suburra were blameless . They knew no better , when they aided their leader to carry through this ...
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