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Separated from Italy by the still unsubdued coast - land of Southern Gaul , Spain
could only be reached by a long sea voyage , which the Roman never loved ,
and which he rigidly eschewed at certain seasons of the year . The proconsuls in
...
Separated from Italy by the still unsubdued coast - land of Southern Gaul , Spain
could only be reached by a long sea voyage , which the Roman never loved ,
and which he rigidly eschewed at certain seasons of the year . The proconsuls in
...
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... that hinders his plans must be swept away without further inquiry , that every
political opponent is a bad man who must be crushed , has been known in many
lands and many ages , from ancient Greece down to the France of the Revolution
.
... that hinders his plans must be swept away without further inquiry , that every
political opponent is a bad man who must be crushed , has been known in many
lands and many ages , from ancient Greece down to the France of the Revolution
.
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It was marked by a permanent decrease in the selling value of corn , a
widespread turning of arable land into pasture , so that tillage seemed almost to
have ceased in certain districts , and a slow but sure shrinkage in the numbers of
the free ...
It was marked by a permanent decrease in the selling value of corn , a
widespread turning of arable land into pasture , so that tillage seemed almost to
have ceased in certain districts , and a slow but sure shrinkage in the numbers of
the free ...
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When the land is suffering from poverty and depression , it is always popular to
lay the blame on the backs of tangible and obvious individuals , rather than to
search for obscure economic causes . To us it seems that the growth of the
latifundia ...
When the land is suffering from poverty and depression , it is always popular to
lay the blame on the backs of tangible and obvious individuals , rather than to
search for obscure economic causes . To us it seems that the growth of the
latifundia ...
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... purchase the productive value of the purchased land went down ? Surely he
would have found better use for his money . The truth seems to be rather that the
yeoman was beginning , about the year B . C . 160 , to find that his farm no longer
...
... purchase the productive value of the purchased land went down ? Surely he
would have found better use for his money . The truth seems to be rather that the
yeoman was beginning , about the year B . C . 160 , to find that his farm no longer
...
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| Title | Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sar |
| Author | Charles Oman |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, 1902 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 juuni 2008 |
| Length | 348 pages |
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