Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sar |
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Similarly , but for Sulla the Nearer East might perchance have passed back ,
seven hundred years before the appointed time , into the hands of Oriental rulers
, and have shared the fate which overtook Hellenistic Babylon and Bactria , by ...
Similarly , but for Sulla the Nearer East might perchance have passed back ,
seven hundred years before the appointed time , into the hands of Oriental rulers
, and have shared the fate which overtook Hellenistic Babylon and Bactria , by ...
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At the last moment , when they had actually passed the Alps , they were
annihilated by a general who possessed the art of improvising and handling a
great army . It is curious to speculate what might have happened if not Marius ,
but some ...
At the last moment , when they had actually passed the Alps , they were
annihilated by a general who possessed the art of improvising and handling a
great army . It is curious to speculate what might have happened if not Marius ,
but some ...
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Pompey. C¿sar Charles Oman, Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman. 25 THE “
PUBLIC LAND ” Roman legalist , that he held that what had once been made
lawful must be morally justifiable , and that if the Comitia passed a law there
could be ...
Pompey. C¿sar Charles Oman, Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman. 25 THE “
PUBLIC LAND ” Roman legalist , that he held that what had once been made
lawful must be morally justifiable , and that if the Comitia passed a law there
could be ...
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When his great bill had passed , he might logically have sung his nunc dimittis
and retired into private life , to live down the hatred of the governing classes by
proving that at least he had been wholly disinterested in all his actions . But by ...
When his great bill had passed , he might logically have sung his nunc dimittis
and retired into private life , to live down the hatred of the governing classes by
proving that at least he had been wholly disinterested in all his actions . But by ...
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But it seems probable that all these facts passed completely over the reformer ' s
head ; he was under the impression that he was no revolutionary , but merely a
good citizen carrying out his obvious duty . The news that Tiberius was ...
But it seems probable that all these facts passed completely over the reformer ' s
head ; he was under the impression that he was no revolutionary , but merely a
good citizen carrying out his obvious duty . The news that Tiberius was ...
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