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This little book is not a history , but a series of studies of the leading men of the
century , intended to show the importance of the personal element in those
miserable days of storm and stress . It is thus , I think , that their true meaning is
best ...
This little book is not a history , but a series of studies of the leading men of the
century , intended to show the importance of the personal element in those
miserable days of storm and stress . It is thus , I think , that their true meaning is
best ...
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... buildings erected by the outgoing tenant . It was practically certain that the
Senate would refuse its sanction to any such bill , but for that hindrance the
reformer cared nought . He intended to carry it through the Comitia in spite of the
Fathers .
... buildings erected by the outgoing tenant . It was practically certain that the
Senate would refuse its sanction to any such bill , but for that hindrance the
reformer cared nought . He intended to carry it through the Comitia in spite of the
Fathers .
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It was no longer used ( as had been originally intended ) for the protection of the
plebeian from the patrician . Indeed patrician and plebeian were now inextricably
confused in blood , and most of the staunchest oligarchs and reactionaries of ...
It was no longer used ( as had been originally intended ) for the protection of the
plebeian from the patrician . Indeed patrician and plebeian were now inextricably
confused in blood , and most of the staunchest oligarchs and reactionaries of ...
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One ridiculous Optimate solemnly declared that he had got from Pergamus ,
among the royal treasures , a crown and a purple robe , which he intended to use
when he should proclaim himself king of Rome ! The most threatening symptom ...
One ridiculous Optimate solemnly declared that he had got from Pergamus ,
among the royal treasures , a crown and a purple robe , which he intended to use
when he should proclaim himself king of Rome ! The most threatening symptom ...
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But by asking for a second term of office Tiberius made himself into a permanent
party leader . He saw this himself , and justified his position by putting forth a
regular political programme . In the reforms which ho announced that he
intended to ...
But by asking for a second term of office Tiberius made himself into a permanent
party leader . He saw this himself , and justified his position by putting forth a
regular political programme . In the reforms which ho announced that he
intended to ...
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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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