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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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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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The Romans would not keep up a permanent national fleet , both because it was
expensive , and because they themselves disliked the sea . Hence the
Mediterranean swarmed with pirates in a way that had never before been seen .
The Romans would not keep up a permanent national fleet , both because it was
expensive , and because they themselves disliked the sea . Hence the
Mediterranean swarmed with pirates in a way that had never before been seen .
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Yet the condition of the Roman borders in the Iberian peninsula was undoubtedly
such that these levies were necessary . The Celtiberian and Lusitanian tribes
were so warlike and turbulent that the frontier could never stand still . Raids had
to ...
Yet the condition of the Roman borders in the Iberian peninsula was undoubtedly
such that these levies were necessary . The Celtiberian and Lusitanian tribes
were so warlike and turbulent that the frontier could never stand still . Raids had
to ...
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... to the tribute of blood levied for the never - ending and disastrous Spanish
campaigns . On the whole , too much is made of these causes . If farming is really
paying , it suffers less than might be expected from a protracted war , unless
indeed ...
... to the tribute of blood levied for the never - ending and disastrous Spanish
campaigns . On the whole , too much is made of these causes . If farming is really
paying , it suffers less than might be expected from a protracted war , unless
indeed ...
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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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