Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... colonies upon it . But from B.C. 250 onwards the amount of new soil placed at the disposal of the Republic had been so enormous that it was not possible to find settlers ready to Occupy it . A larger and larger proportion after each ...
... colonies upon it . But from B.C. 250 onwards the amount of new soil placed at the disposal of the Republic had been so enormous that it was not possible to find settlers ready to Occupy it . A larger and larger proportion after each ...
Page 60
... colonies in the provinces , where their efforts would not be sterilised by the unnatural condition of the local Roman market . This was the true way of relieving the distress of the THE COLONIAL SCHEMES OF CAIUS 61 yeoman class they ...
... colonies in the provinces , where their efforts would not be sterilised by the unnatural condition of the local Roman market . This was the true way of relieving the distress of the THE COLONIAL SCHEMES OF CAIUS 61 yeoman class they ...
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... colonies were to be planted in Italy itself : the places chosen were Tarentum and Capua . These new settlements can never have been intended to live on agriculture ; they were clearly designed to become ( what each of them had been in ...
... colonies were to be planted in Italy itself : the places chosen were Tarentum and Capua . These new settlements can never have been intended to live on agriculture ; they were clearly designed to become ( what each of them had been in ...
Page 68
... colonies that were to be founded . Plutarch , speaking in a somewhat exag- gerated strain , asserts that he was occupying a quasi - royal position , that he had μοναρχίκη τις ἴσχυς . But he forgets to point out that he was destitute of ...
... colonies that were to be founded . Plutarch , speaking in a somewhat exag- gerated strain , asserts that he was occupying a quasi - royal position , that he had μοναρχίκη τις ἴσχυς . But he forgets to point out that he was destitute of ...
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... colonies with " Latin rights , " i.e. the jus connubii and jus commercii , which were scattered all over Italy . They only wanted the power to vote in the Comitia to make them full citizens ; the practical as opposed to the political ...
... colonies with " Latin rights , " i.e. the jus connubii and jus commercii , which were scattered all over Italy . They only wanted the power to vote in the Comitia to make them full citizens ; the practical as opposed to the political ...
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