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This compromise was no longer possible , because Rome had developed from a
city - state into an imperial state . Neither the Comitia nor the Senate was really
competent to rule the new empire which they had acquired . If there was anything
...
This compromise was no longer possible , because Rome had developed from a
city - state into an imperial state . Neither the Comitia nor the Senate was really
competent to rule the new empire which they had acquired . If there was anything
...
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She was indubitably an imperial state , though she tried to shirk as long as
possible the responsibilities of empire . Her population was no longer mainly a
race of farmers dwelling on their own narrow acres ; it was rapidly becoming
divorced ...
She was indubitably an imperial state , though she tried to shirk as long as
possible the responsibilities of empire . Her population was no longer mainly a
race of farmers dwelling on their own narrow acres ; it was rapidly becoming
divorced ...
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It is possible that the Republic might have been demolished , if there had arisen
against it any really formidable and well - equipped enemy . But the outer world
was singularly destitute of strong men at this period . Jugurtha and Mithradates ,
in ...
It is possible that the Republic might have been demolished , if there had arisen
against it any really formidable and well - equipped enemy . But the outer world
was singularly destitute of strong men at this period . Jugurtha and Mithradates ,
in ...
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A single man was fated to bring forward both these questions , to formulate them
in the most contentious shapes possible , to confuse their issues in the most
inextricable fashion , and to leave a heritage of strife behind him for the next three
...
A single man was fated to bring forward both these questions , to formulate them
in the most contentious shapes possible , to confuse their issues in the most
inextricable fashion , and to leave a heritage of strife behind him for the next three
...
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He was taken out under the best possible auspices , as one of the aides - de -
camp of his brother - in - law , the younger Scipio Africanus . The general ' s
kinsman was offered and took every opportunity for distinction . He returned with
the ...
He was taken out under the best possible auspices , as one of the aides - de -
camp of his brother - in - law , the younger Scipio Africanus . The general ' s
kinsman was offered and took every opportunity for distinction . He returned with
the ...
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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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