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Clearly public opinion , among the matrons of Rome who were blessed with
marriageable daughters , looked upon the young man as the most eligible parti in
the city . Tiberius saw his first military service in Africa during the Third Punic War
.
Clearly public opinion , among the matrons of Rome who were blessed with
marriageable daughters , looked upon the young man as the most eligible parti in
the city . Tiberius saw his first military service in Africa during the Third Punic War
.
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... relaxation of the terms of military service ; ( 2 ) the granting of a right of appeal
from all law - courts to the sovereign people assembled in the Comitia ; ( 3 ) the
abolition of the monopoly , which the senators had hitherto enjoyed , of supplying
...
... relaxation of the terms of military service ; ( 2 ) the granting of a right of appeal
from all law - courts to the sovereign people assembled in the Comitia ; ( 3 ) the
abolition of the monopoly , which the senators had hitherto enjoyed , of supplying
...
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... as the composition of juries , the conditions of military service , and ( perhaps )
the limits of the franchise . There was no attempt to settle the great problems of
sovereignty and imperial administration , which were the really pressing
questions ...
... as the composition of juries , the conditions of military service , and ( perhaps )
the limits of the franchise . There was no attempt to settle the great problems of
sovereignty and imperial administration , which were the really pressing
questions ...
Page 53
The Senate deliberately threw the chance of military glory in his way by assigning
him the Gallic province ; he could not resist the opportunity , and disappeared
from home politics for two years . The only practical result of his agitation was the
...
The Senate deliberately threw the chance of military glory in his way by assigning
him the Gallic province ; he could not resist the opportunity , and disappeared
from home politics for two years . The only practical result of his agitation was the
...
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There are cases known , long after this time , in which military executions took
place on the largest scale . Crassus , in the Servile War , once decimated a whole
cohort for gross cowardice in the field . But the most important of all the legislative
...
There are cases known , long after this time , in which military executions took
place on the largest scale . Crassus , in the Servile War , once decimated a whole
cohort for gross cowardice in the field . But the most important of all the legislative
...
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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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