Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... body ? They had come to Rome precisely in order to enjoy the cheap loaf , and they were already clamouring to have it larger and yet cheaper . They would have laughed to scorn any proposal to impose a heavy tax on their corn for the ...
... body ? They had come to Rome precisely in order to enjoy the cheap loaf , and they were already clamouring to have it larger and yet cheaper . They would have laughed to scorn any proposal to impose a heavy tax on their corn for the ...
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... body . This in Roman folk - lore was supposed to betoken poison , but to us it has the opposite meaning , and would tend to show that he died of some sort of eruptive fever . Poisons do not ( in spite of ancient tradition ) manifest ...
... body . This in Roman folk - lore was supposed to betoken poison , but to us it has the opposite meaning , and would tend to show that he died of some sort of eruptive fever . Poisons do not ( in spite of ancient tradition ) manifest ...
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... body which he idealised into " the Roman people was really the shifting urban multitude which his adver- saries called " the mob " -misera et sordida plebecula , to use the words of a later politician . " " The time for the election of ...
... body which he idealised into " the Roman people was really the shifting urban multitude which his adver- saries called " the mob " -misera et sordida plebecula , to use the words of a later politician . " " The time for the election of ...
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... body of voters . But when the reformer devoted himself for many days to a desperate personal canvass , it soon became evident that his popularity was too great , and that his triumph was more than pro- bable . As a last resort his foes ...
... body of voters . But when the reformer devoted himself for many days to a desperate personal canvass , it soon became evident that his popularity was too great , and that his triumph was more than pro- bable . As a last resort his foes ...
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... body . It was in the Equestrian Order that he found the materials for this counterpoise . In early days the Equites were simply the cavalry of the Roman army ; every man with the " equestrian census , " had to serve as a horse - soldier ...
... body . It was in the Equestrian Order that he found the materials for this counterpoise . In early days the Equites were simply the cavalry of the Roman army ; every man with the " equestrian census , " had to serve as a horse - soldier ...
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