Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... bill , but for that hindrance the reformer cared nought . He intended to carry it through the Comitia in spite of the Fathers . " With this , apparently , as his sole programme , he stood for the tribunate in B.C. 134 , was easily ...
... bill , but for that hindrance the reformer cared nought . He intended to carry it through the Comitia in spite of the Fathers . " With this , apparently , as his sole programme , he stood for the tribunate in B.C. 134 , was easily ...
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... bill . Its most important clauses we have already noticed ; but we must add that the confiscated land was to be cut up into farms of thirty jugera each , inalienable by the allottees , and charged with a small rent payable to the state ...
... bill . Its most important clauses we have already noticed ; but we must add that the confiscated land was to be cut up into farms of thirty jugera each , inalienable by the allottees , and charged with a small rent payable to the state ...
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... bill . They enable us to gauge perfectly the honest but emotional and high - strung temperament of the orator . " The wild beasts of Italy , " he cried , " have their holes and dens to retire to , but the brave men who spill their blood ...
... bill . They enable us to gauge perfectly the honest but emotional and high - strung temperament of the orator . " The wild beasts of Italy , " he cried , " have their holes and dens to retire to , but the brave men who spill their blood ...
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... BILL 31 ous state into which the Republic was drifting , and to yield up their holdings of their own accord , as a free gift , if need be , to men who could rear children for the future benefit of Rome . They must be patriotic enough to ...
... BILL 31 ous state into which the Republic was drifting , and to yield up their holdings of their own accord , as a free gift , if need be , to men who could rear children for the future benefit of Rome . They must be patriotic enough to ...
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... bill to the next legal day of meet- ing , begging his friends to see that they came down in full force to the adjourned debate . A vast crowd appeared on the appointed day , enough , as the reformer hoped , to overawe his recalcitrant ...
... bill to the next legal day of meet- ing , begging his friends to see that they came down in full force to the adjourned debate . A vast crowd appeared on the appointed day , enough , as the reformer hoped , to overawe his recalcitrant ...
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