Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... called the daughter of Africanus and not the mother of the Gracchi ? " All the domestic circle marked him off from early youth as one from whom something great was expected . His very tutor made him his moral touchstone . " If Tiberius ...
... called the daughter of Africanus and not the mother of the Gracchi ? " All the domestic circle marked him off from early youth as one from whom something great was expected . His very tutor made him his moral touchstone . " If Tiberius ...
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... called " agricultural depression . " It was marked by a per- manent decrease in the selling value of corn , a widespread turning of arable land into pasture , so that tillage seemed almost to have ceased in certain districts , and a ...
... called " agricultural depression . " It was marked by a per- manent decrease in the selling value of corn , a widespread turning of arable land into pasture , so that tillage seemed almost to have ceased in certain districts , and a ...
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... called the masters of the world while none of them has a foot of ground of his own . " Having thus painted the miseries of the present state of things , he began to explain his remedy for them . It was absolutely necessary that Rome ...
... called the masters of the world while none of them has a foot of ground of his own . " Having thus painted the miseries of the present state of things , he began to explain his remedy for them . It was absolutely necessary that Rome ...
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... called " the mob " -misera et sordida plebecula , to use the words of a later politician . " " The time for the election of the tribunes for B.C. 132 was now drawing near , and it was suggested to Gracchus that if he wished to preserve ...
... called " the mob " -misera et sordida plebecula , to use the words of a later politician . " " The time for the election of the tribunes for B.C. 132 was now drawing near , and it was suggested to Gracchus that if he wished to preserve ...
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... was to be deprecated , because it prevented a magistrate from being made responsible for the acts of his year of office . A person who was perpetually re - elected could never be called to account . This theory was still.
... was to be deprecated , because it prevented a magistrate from being made responsible for the acts of his year of office . A person who was perpetually re - elected could never be called to account . This theory was still.
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