Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... practically useless . To be effective , it would have required an active public prosecutor , ready to investigate every returning magistrate's record , and a bench of judges absolutely beyond the breath of suspicion . But Roman usage ...
... practically useless . To be effective , it would have required an active public prosecutor , ready to investigate every returning magistrate's record , and a bench of judges absolutely beyond the breath of suspicion . But Roman usage ...
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... practically out of touch with politics altogether . Accord- ingly , the statesman who wished to carry his law before the Comitia had normally to face only the plebs urbana . On rare occasions the outvoters might alter the composi- tion ...
... practically out of touch with politics altogether . Accord- ingly , the statesman who wished to carry his law before the Comitia had normally to face only the plebs urbana . On rare occasions the outvoters might alter the composi- tion ...
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... practically certain that the Senate would refuse its sanction to any such bill , but for that hindrance the reformer cared nought . He intended to carry it through the Comitia in spite of the Fathers . " With this , apparently , as his ...
... practically certain that the Senate would refuse its sanction to any such bill , but for that hindrance the reformer cared nought . He intended to carry it through the Comitia in spite of the Fathers . " With this , apparently , as his ...
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... practically ended the time - honoured com- promise under which Roman politics had been conducted for the last two hundred years . If the state machine could be worked by an irresponsible tribune dealing directly with the sovereign ...
... practically ended the time - honoured com- promise under which Roman politics had been conducted for the last two hundred years . If the state machine could be worked by an irresponsible tribune dealing directly with the sovereign ...
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... practically intending to make himself tyrant of Rome . This , however , is unfair to Gracchus it would be more true to say that he aimed at occupying at Rome somewhat the same position that Pericles had once held at Athens . The ...
... practically intending to make himself tyrant of Rome . This , however , is unfair to Gracchus it would be more true to say that he aimed at occupying at Rome somewhat the same position that Pericles had once held at Athens . The ...
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