Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... civil service . The Roman world , in short , was badly governed and badly defended : the provinces were steadily decreasing in wealth and resources from the moment that they were annexed . And since Italy and Rome herself were — as we ...
... civil service . The Roman world , in short , was badly governed and badly defended : the provinces were steadily decreasing in wealth and resources from the moment that they were annexed . And since Italy and Rome herself were — as we ...
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... civil war : to endeavour to pack a meeting and to come down prepared for violence means rioting and not politics . It was quite enough to give an excuse to men much less angry and unscrupulous than the opponents of Gracchus . On the ...
... civil war : to endeavour to pack a meeting and to come down prepared for violence means rioting and not politics . It was quite enough to give an excuse to men much less angry and unscrupulous than the opponents of Gracchus . On the ...
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... civil strife . The debate in the Senate was only brought to a head when the clamour of the multitude who were fleeing from the scene of riot was heard . Inquiries made of the fugitives elicited the wildest statements ; some said that ...
... civil strife . The debate in the Senate was only brought to a head when the clamour of the multitude who were fleeing from the scene of riot was heard . Inquiries made of the fugitives elicited the wildest statements ; some said that ...
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... civil strife . No man is fit for a party leader who combines an emotional temperament , an impatience of opposition , and a complete inability to look at contested questions from his opponent's point of view as well as his own . It is ...
... civil strife . No man is fit for a party leader who combines an emotional temperament , an impatience of opposition , and a complete inability to look at contested questions from his opponent's point of view as well as his own . It is ...
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... civil privileges hitherto confined to the Latins , but were not to be introduced into the tribes , or permitted to swamp the public assembly by their enor- mous numbers . No doubt Caius contemplated the arrival of the day when they too ...
... civil privileges hitherto confined to the Latins , but were not to be introduced into the tribes , or permitted to swamp the public assembly by their enor- mous numbers . No doubt Caius contemplated the arrival of the day when they too ...
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