Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 13
... gives us to illustrate the youth of the Gracchi are almost enough by themselves to explain Tiberius's after career . He was born with every advantage of rank and wealth ; he had a quick intelligence and a handsome face . But he was ...
... gives us to illustrate the youth of the Gracchi are almost enough by themselves to explain Tiberius's after career . He was born with every advantage of rank and wealth ; he had a quick intelligence and a handsome face . But he was ...
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... give the state a tithe ; if it was open pasture , he was to pay a small capitation fee ( scriptura ) for every head of cattle turned out upon it . There existed a nominal check upon the accumulation of too much of this public land in ...
... give the state a tithe ; if it was open pasture , he was to pay a small capitation fee ( scriptura ) for every head of cattle turned out upon it . There existed a nominal check upon the accumulation of too much of this public land in ...
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... give and take , from the ever possible deadlock which the veto might bring about . The powers of the office had never been pressed to their logical extreme , though it was always possible that an obstinate man might bring matters to a ...
... give and take , from the ever possible deadlock which the veto might bring about . The powers of the office had never been pressed to their logical extreme , though it was always possible that an obstinate man might bring matters to a ...
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... give Gracchus time to get cool , and to allow him a chance of discussing his bill in a less electric atmosphere than that of the Comitia . It argues an honest simplicity on the part of the reformer that he accepted the suggestion , and ...
... give Gracchus time to get cool , and to allow him a chance of discussing his bill in a less electric atmosphere than that of the Comitia . It argues an honest simplicity on the part of the reformer that he accepted the suggestion , and ...
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... give them a signal , if he considered himself in danger , by raising his hand to his head , as a token that his life was at stake . If they saw the sign , they must prepare to fight . All this was a deliberate provocation of civil war ...
... give them a signal , if he considered himself in danger , by raising his hand to his head , as a token that his life was at stake . If they saw the sign , they must prepare to fight . All this was a deliberate provocation of civil war ...
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