Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... once more in the ranks of an impersonal senate . Even the younger Scipio Africanus , who has to serve as a hero in these times for want of a better , soon palls upon us ; he stays in our mind only as a vague impersonation of civic ...
... once more in the ranks of an impersonal senate . Even the younger Scipio Africanus , who has to serve as a hero in these times for want of a better , soon palls upon us ; he stays in our mind only as a vague impersonation of civic ...
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... and reasonable . But when once it was formulated , there was no proper machinery for modifying it in accordance with the neces- MISGOVERNMENT OF THE PROCONSULS 7 sities of the times , 6 LATER DAYS OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC.
... and reasonable . But when once it was formulated , there was no proper machinery for modifying it in accordance with the neces- MISGOVERNMENT OF THE PROCONSULS 7 sities of the times , 6 LATER DAYS OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC.
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... though the Triballi and Scordisci and P¿onians were not such formidable foes as the Spaniards . Macedon was never really free from northern inroads till the days of the empire . And in the East , when annexations had once begun in.
... though the Triballi and Scordisci and P¿onians were not such formidable foes as the Spaniards . Macedon was never really free from northern inroads till the days of the empire . And in the East , when annexations had once begun in.
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... once begun in Asia , similar troubles , first with Galatians and Isaurians , and later with the formidable horse - bowmen of Parthia , came pouring in upon the perplexed senatorial oligarchy , which tried to govern an empire without an ...
... once begun in Asia , similar troubles , first with Galatians and Isaurians , and later with the formidable horse - bowmen of Parthia , came pouring in upon the perplexed senatorial oligarchy , which tried to govern an empire without an ...
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... once more in Rome , he imagined that he had probed to the bottom the existing distress and its causes , and that he had hit upon the necessary remedies . The evils from which Italy , or rather Roman Italy , was suffering in B.C. 134 ...
... once more in Rome , he imagined that he had probed to the bottom the existing distress and its causes , and that he had hit upon the necessary remedies . The evils from which Italy , or rather Roman Italy , was suffering in B.C. 134 ...
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