Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... Assembly and the actual conduct of affairs by the Senate . This compromise was no longer possible , because Rome had developed from a city - state into an imperial state . Neither the Comitia nor the Senate was really competent to rule ...
... Assembly and the actual conduct of affairs by the Senate . This compromise was no longer possible , because Rome had developed from a city - state into an imperial state . Neither the Comitia nor the Senate was really competent to rule ...
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... Assembly to rule the world , and by what machinery ? And , secondly , how was the state to deal with the unfortunate fact that the new commercial conditions of the Mediterranean countries , brought about by the Roman conquests , were ...
... Assembly to rule the world , and by what machinery ? And , secondly , how was the state to deal with the unfortunate fact that the new commercial conditions of the Mediterranean countries , brought about by the Roman conquests , were ...
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... assembly of citizens massed in the Campus Martius . On any ordi- nary day of meeting the assembly was entirely composed of the urban populace ; it would require some very great matter to induce the farmers of the Campagna to trudge in ...
... assembly of citizens massed in the Campus Martius . On any ordi- nary day of meeting the assembly was entirely composed of the urban populace ; it would require some very great matter to induce the farmers of the Campagna to trudge in ...
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... assembly , but the everyday audience of the orator would consist only of the citizens who dwelt on the spot . How was it possible to propose Protection to such a body ? They had come to Rome precisely in order to enjoy the cheap loaf ...
... assembly , but the everyday audience of the orator would consist only of the citizens who dwelt on the spot . How was it possible to propose Protection to such a body ? They had come to Rome precisely in order to enjoy the cheap loaf ...
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... was unprecedented and unconstitu- tional . Indeed , looking over the assembly , all clamorous for the Agrarian Law and new farms , Octavius must have TIBERIUS DEPOSES OCTAVIUS 35 considered it a mockery as well 34 TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
... was unprecedented and unconstitu- tional . Indeed , looking over the assembly , all clamorous for the Agrarian Law and new farms , Octavius must have TIBERIUS DEPOSES OCTAVIUS 35 considered it a mockery as well 34 TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
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