Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... 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 more preposterous than the ...
... 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 more preposterous than the ...
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... 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 from the soil , and degenerating into PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION 5 a ...
... 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 from the soil , and degenerating into PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION 5 a ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... possible , to confuse their issues in the most inex- tricable fashion , and to leave a heritage of strife behind him for the next three generations of Romans . Tiberius Gracchus is one of the most striking instances in history of the ...
... possible , to confuse their issues in the most inex- tricable fashion , and to leave a heritage of strife behind him for the next three generations of Romans . Tiberius Gracchus is one of the most striking instances in history of the ...
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... 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 decoration of a mural ...
... 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 decoration of a mural ...
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