Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... began to make or break treaties , to enter into wars , and to make conquests at their good pleasure . The Senate was sometimes provoked into disowning and annulling their doings , but not very often : when it did , the reason was not ...
... began to make or break treaties , to enter into wars , and to make conquests at their good pleasure . The Senate was sometimes provoked into disowning and annulling their doings , but not very often : when it did , the reason was not ...
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... began to operate as far back as the Second Punic War - to the ravages of Hannibal , the awful drain of life during his continuance in the peninsula , and after his departure to the tribute of blood levied for the never - ending and ...
... began to operate as far back as the Second Punic War - to the ravages of Hannibal , the awful drain of life during his continuance in the peninsula , and after his departure to the tribute of blood levied for the never - ending and ...
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... began very slowly but steadily to decrease . In 159 there were 338,000 assidui ; in 154 there were 324,000 ; in 147 , 322,000 . If Hannibal did not succeed in permanently bringing down the number of Roman freeholders , we shall not be ...
... began very slowly but steadily to decrease . In 159 there were 338,000 assidui ; in 154 there were 324,000 ; in 147 , 322,000 . If Hannibal did not succeed in permanently bringing down the number of Roman freeholders , we shall not be ...
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... began farther south . Roughly speaking , we may say that the economic crisis affected the land immediately round Rome , and certain other regions which were mainly in Roman hands . The Italian allies as yet suffered comparatively little ...
... began farther south . Roughly speaking , we may say that the economic crisis affected the land immediately round Rome , and certain other regions which were mainly in Roman hands . The Italian allies as yet suffered comparatively little ...
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... began to explain his remedy for them . It was absolutely necessary that Rome should keep up the class from which her legions were drawn : land must be found for these landless men , and land was available . Was it not most just to ...
... began to explain his remedy for them . It was absolutely necessary that Rome should keep up the class from which her legions were drawn : land must be found for these landless men , and land was available . Was it not most just to ...
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