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It is curious to speculate what might have happened if not Marius , but some
imbecile Optimate of the type of his predecessors Mallius and Caepio , had been
in command at Aquae Sextiae or on the Raudian Plain . But Europe escaped the
...
It is curious to speculate what might have happened if not Marius , but some
imbecile Optimate of the type of his predecessors Mallius and Caepio , had been
in command at Aquae Sextiae or on the Raudian Plain . But Europe escaped the
...
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Pompey. C¿sar Charles Oman, Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman. parts of
Italy . Doubtless the discontented conscripts , whom he had to command , told
him all the woes of the poor freeholder in the days when farming had ceased to
pay .
Pompey. C¿sar Charles Oman, Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman. parts of
Italy . Doubtless the discontented conscripts , whom he had to command , told
him all the woes of the poor freeholder in the days when farming had ceased to
pay .
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The consul had ordered every senator and every knight of the Optimate party to
provide two fully armed men ; he had taken command of a body of Cretan
mercenaries who chanced to be passing through the city , and had ordered a
general ...
The consul had ordered every senator and every knight of the Optimate party to
provide two fully armed men ; he had taken command of a body of Cretan
mercenaries who chanced to be passing through the city , and had ordered a
general ...
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She had the undisputed command of the sea , and by means of it could send
succours round the peninsula , even when the central lines of communication
were held by the enemy . The provinces , fortunately for her , did not choose this ...
She had the undisputed command of the sea , and by means of it could send
succours round the peninsula , even when the central lines of communication
were held by the enemy . The provinces , fortunately for her , did not choose this ...
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... a mere personal rivalry for a military command . A tribune named Sulpicius
Rufus , to whom the mantle of Saturninus had descended , was busy in
formulating some new reforms of second - rate importance . The most prominent
of them was ...
... a mere personal rivalry for a military command . A tribune named Sulpicius
Rufus , to whom the mantle of Saturninus had descended , was busy in
formulating some new reforms of second - rate importance . The most prominent
of them was ...
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| Title | Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sar |
| Authors | Charles Oman, Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, 1902 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 juuni 2008 |
| Length | 348 pages |
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