Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... oligarchy as administrators of the Empire . Complicated with this great constitutional question , as to where sovereignty should reside at Rome , were a number of social and economic questions , arising from the fact that the new ...
... oligarchy as administrators of the Empire . Complicated with this great constitutional question , as to where sovereignty should reside at Rome , were a number of social and economic questions , arising from the fact that the new ...
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... oligarchy , which tried to govern an empire without an imperial outfit of army , navy , and civil service . The Roman world , in short , was badly governed and badly defended : the provinces were steadily decreasing in wealth and ...
... oligarchy , which tried to govern an empire without an imperial outfit of army , navy , and civil service . The Roman world , in short , was badly governed and badly defended : the provinces were steadily decreasing in wealth and ...
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... oligarchs and reactionaries of the last century before Christ were of plebeian name and race . Of late the tribunate and the veto had been utilised in the most irregular and haphazard way , quite as often by the Senate against the ...
... oligarchs and reactionaries of the last century before Christ were of plebeian name and race . Of late the tribunate and the veto had been utilised in the most irregular and haphazard way , quite as often by the Senate against the ...
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... oligarchic Senate . But , in spite of Tiberius's short - sightedness , the after- effects of his career were such as to make constitutional changes likely , and even necessary . He had broken up for ever the tacit agreement between ...
... oligarchic Senate . But , in spite of Tiberius's short - sightedness , the after- effects of his career were such as to make constitutional changes likely , and even necessary . He had broken up for ever the tacit agreement between ...
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... oligarchs who were sent out to bear rule in the provinces . These were the lingering Jugurthine troubles [ B.C. 117-105 ] and the dangerous Cimbrian war [ B.C. 113-101 ] . It is unfortunate that while we possess an elaborate ( if not ...
... oligarchs who were sent out to bear rule in the provinces . These were the lingering Jugurthine troubles [ B.C. 117-105 ] and the dangerous Cimbrian war [ B.C. 113-101 ] . It is unfortunate that while we possess an elaborate ( if not ...
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