Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... gave , were very third - rate personalities . And the one truly dangerous foe that marched against Rome during the last century of the Republic - the Cimbri and Teutons — repre- sented mere brute force unguided by brains and strategy ...
... gave , were very third - rate personalities . And the one truly dangerous foe that marched against Rome during the last century of the Republic - the Cimbri and Teutons — repre- sented mere brute force unguided by brains and strategy ...
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... gave him an utterly unexpected opportunity of saving a Roman army from destruction ( B.C. 137 ) . The Numantines having defeated and surrounded the consul , offered to treat for a definitive peace , not with Mancinus , but with Gracchus ...
... gave him an utterly unexpected opportunity of saving a Roman army from destruction ( B.C. 137 ) . The Numantines having defeated and surrounded the consul , offered to treat for a definitive peace , not with Mancinus , but with Gracchus ...
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... gave notice to the praetors that they must close the law - courts , and that if they allowed a case to be tried they should be punished by a heavy fine . In a short time every department of govern- ment was in confusion : public ...
... gave notice to the praetors that they must close the law - courts , and that if they allowed a case to be tried they should be punished by a heavy fine . In a short time every department of govern- ment was in confusion : public ...
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... gave their votes for the proposal ; before the eighteenth had come up , and an actual majority had been registered ( the number of tribes was thirty - five at this period ) , Tiberius gave Octavius a last chance , telling him that if.
... gave their votes for the proposal ; before the eighteenth had come up , and an actual majority had been registered ( the number of tribes was thirty - five at this period ) , Tiberius gave Octavius a last chance , telling him that if.
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The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sar Charles Oman. gave Octavius a last chance , telling him that if his veto were withdrawn the vote should proceed no further . But the Optimate was neither to be intimidated nor to be coaxed ...
The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sar Charles Oman. gave Octavius a last chance , telling him that if his veto were withdrawn the vote should proceed no further . But the Optimate was neither to be intimidated nor to be coaxed ...
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