Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sar |
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But for the last forty years the pendulum has been swinging so much in the other
direction , that it has become necessary to enforce the lesson that the
biographies of great men are , after all , a most important part of history . It is well
to have ...
But for the last forty years the pendulum has been swinging so much in the other
direction , that it has become necessary to enforce the lesson that the
biographies of great men are , after all , a most important part of history . It is well
to have ...
Page 4
The details of the sporadic and never - ending wars in Spain , Macedonia , and
the Hellenic East , which cover the period B . C . 200 - 140 , hide the unwritten
history of the most important changes in the social and economic conditions of
Italy .
The details of the sporadic and never - ending wars in Spain , Macedonia , and
the Hellenic East , which cover the period B . C . 200 - 140 , hide the unwritten
history of the most important changes in the social and economic conditions of
Italy .
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Its most important clauses we have already noticed ; but we must add that the
confiscated land was to be cut up into farms Lof thirty jugera each , inalienable by
the allottees , and charged with a small rent payable to the state . The former ...
Its most important clauses we have already noticed ; but we must add that the
confiscated land was to be cut up into farms Lof thirty jugera each , inalienable by
the allottees , and charged with a small rent payable to the state . The former ...
Page 37
But the capital , the coast cities , and , most important of all , the treasure , were
safely made over to the Senate and People . It was this ample stock which made
it possible for Tiberius to set the Land Commission seriously to work . It is clear ...
But the capital , the coast cities , and , most important of all , the treasure , were
safely made over to the Senate and People . It was this ample stock which made
it possible for Tiberius to set the Land Commission seriously to work . It is clear ...
Page 38
But for one most important thing Tiberius made no provision . Evidently he had no
conception of the need of it : — this was to secure that when the land was distri,
buted , and stocked , and furnished with its barns and cotStages , it should prove
...
But for one most important thing Tiberius made no provision . Evidently he had no
conception of the need of it : — this was to secure that when the land was distri,
buted , and stocked , and furnished with its barns and cotStages , it should prove
...
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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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