Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... . As a matter of fact , the drain of life did not , for two generations after Zama , even affect the natural increase of population . The number of land- DECLINE OF AGRICULTURE 17 holding Roman citizens fit to bear 16 TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
... . As a matter of fact , the drain of life did not , for two generations after Zama , even affect the natural increase of population . The number of land- DECLINE OF AGRICULTURE 17 holding Roman citizens fit to bear 16 TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
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... citizens fit to bear arms went rapidly up from the end of the Punic Wars down to B.C. 159 . Attaining its maximum in that year , it began very slowly but steadily to decrease . In 159 there were 338,000 assidui ; in 154 there were ...
... citizens fit to bear arms went rapidly up from the end of the Punic Wars down to B.C. 159 . Attaining its maximum in that year , it began very slowly but steadily to decrease . In 159 there were 338,000 assidui ; in 154 there were ...
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... citizens who bought it , and Roman citizens ought to get as much as possible of the profits of Empire out of the " praedia populi Romani . " Indeed , the city mob were already clamouring for distributions of corn when any excuse ...
... citizens who bought it , and Roman citizens ought to get as much as possible of the profits of Empire out of the " praedia populi Romani . " Indeed , the city mob were already clamouring for distributions of corn when any excuse ...
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... citizen might per- manently remove himself from Italy , and settle down on better soil in Spain or Africa - the America ... citizens taking to handicrafts - the special portion of the slave and freed- man according to Roman ideas . The ...
... citizen might per- manently remove himself from Italy , and settle down on better soil in Spain or Africa - the America ... citizens taking to handicrafts - the special portion of the slave and freed- man according to Roman ideas . The ...
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... citizens will neither emigrate nor turn themselves from agriculture to handi- crafts , and if it is absolutely necessary that the farming class should be kept up , there must be Protection . The foreign corn must at all costs be kept ...
... citizens will neither emigrate nor turn themselves from agriculture to handi- crafts , and if it is absolutely necessary that the farming class should be kept up , there must be Protection . The foreign corn must at all costs be kept ...
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