Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... 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 pro- consuls in Spain got from the first a free hand such as no ...
... 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 pro- consuls in Spain got from the first a free hand such as no ...
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... 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 farming popula- tion who " lived by the land . " It is usual for historians to trace the ...
... 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 farming popula- tion who " lived by the land . " It is usual for historians to trace the ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... 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 paid , and was eager to get rid of it . He ...
... 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 paid , and was eager to get rid of it . He ...
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... land under tillage . It was much more common to throw many small holdings into a vast ranche or sheep - farm , worked by a few slave - herdsmen . Cattle and sheep , kept on a large scale , could pay , long after corn had become a ...
... land under tillage . It was much more common to throw many small holdings into a vast ranche or sheep - farm , worked by a few slave - herdsmen . Cattle and sheep , kept on a large scale , could pay , long after corn had become a ...
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