Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... fact that the new commercial conditions of the Mediterranean world , which followed from the Roman conquests , were bringing about the ruin of the old farmer class which had for so many centuries formed the backbone of the state . The ...
... fact that the new commercial conditions of the Mediterranean world , which followed from the Roman conquests , were bringing about the ruin of the old farmer class which had for so many centuries formed the backbone of the state . The ...
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... fact , and began to make or break treaties , to enter into wars , and to make conquests at their good pleasure . The Senate was sometimes provoked into disowning and annulling their doings , but not very often : when it did , the reason ...
... fact , and began to make or break treaties , to enter into wars , and to make conquests at their good pleasure . The Senate was sometimes provoked into disowning and annulling their doings , but not very often : when it did , the reason ...
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... fact that twice in the middle years of the century ( in 151 and in 138 B.C. ) tribunes actually arrested and imprisoned consuls who persisted in enforcing the con- scription , when public opinion was adverse to a new Spanish campaign ...
... fact that twice in the middle years of the century ( in 151 and in 138 B.C. ) tribunes actually arrested and imprisoned consuls who persisted in enforcing the con- scription , when public opinion was adverse to a new Spanish campaign ...
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... fact that the new commercial conditions of the Mediterranean countries , brought about by the Roman conquests , were beginning to ruin Italian agriculture and to thin out the farmers who formed the backbone of the old Roman race . A ...
... fact that the new commercial conditions of the Mediterranean countries , brought about by the Roman conquests , were beginning to ruin Italian agriculture and to thin out the farmers who formed the backbone of the old Roman race . A ...
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... 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.
... 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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