Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... head , but merely economic ones . Passing through Etruria on his way to Spain , as we are told , he saw no one working in the fields but slaves ; tillage seemed to be dying out and the free farmer to have disappeared . The sight shocked ...
... head , but merely economic ones . Passing through Etruria on his way to Spain , as we are told , he saw no one working in the fields but slaves ; tillage seemed to be dying out and the free farmer to have disappeared . The sight shocked ...
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... head of a band of revolted slaves . Yet , in spite of his studies in comparative politics and Greek philosophy , Tiberius , by a strange contradiction , remained so much a THE " PUBLIC LAND " 25 Roman legalist , that 24 TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
... head of a band of revolted slaves . Yet , in spite of his studies in comparative politics and Greek philosophy , Tiberius , by a strange contradiction , remained so much a THE " PUBLIC LAND " 25 Roman legalist , that 24 TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
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... head of cattle turned out upon it . There existed a nominal check upon the accumulation of too much of this public land in the hands of single individuals , for the old Licinian laws had provided that no one should hold more than 500 ...
... head of cattle turned out upon it . There existed a nominal check upon the accumulation of too much of this public land in the hands of single individuals , for the old Licinian laws had provided that no one should hold more than 500 ...
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... head . Of the friction that must have accompanied the confiscations our authorities tell us little . We only know that there were an immense number of complicated lawsuits , and that the bitterness . of feeling among the expropriated ...
... head . Of the friction that must have accompanied the confiscations our authorities tell us little . We only know that there were an immense number of complicated lawsuits , and that the bitterness . of feeling among the expropriated ...
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... head ; he was under the impression that he was no revolu- tionary , but merely a good citizen carrying out his obvious duty . The news that Tiberius was canvassing for a second tenure of office brought the more or less suppressed wrath ...
... head ; he was under the impression that he was no revolu- tionary , but merely a good citizen carrying out his obvious duty . The news that Tiberius was canvassing for a second tenure of office brought the more or less suppressed wrath ...
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