Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... probably hardly a senator or a knight in Rome who did not hold some of his land by the mere tenure of possessio , and the fact that the tenure was precarious had ( through the state's own fault ) been completely forgotten . It was not ...
... probably hardly a senator or a knight in Rome who did not hold some of his land by the mere tenure of possessio , and the fact that the tenure was precarious had ( through the state's own fault ) been completely forgotten . It was not ...
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... probably be doing Tiberius an injustice to suspect that the whole of this programme was drawn up in order to provide him with an excuse for asking for a renewal of his tribunate . He considered that his opponents had behaved so badly ...
... probably be doing Tiberius an injustice to suspect that the whole of this programme was drawn up in order to provide him with an excuse for asking for a renewal of his tribunate . He considered that his opponents had behaved so badly ...
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... probably be used against them , and added that in that case they must meet force by force . He arranged that his partisans should mass themselves in the front of the place of assembly before the Capitol , and keep off their opponents by ...
... probably be used against them , and added that in that case they must meet force by force . He arranged that his partisans should mass themselves in the front of the place of assembly before the Capitol , and keep off their opponents by ...
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... probably discreditable , into the ranks of the Optimates . A few years later , however , the bill was passed by other hands . Flaccus , who was a genuine enthusiast , but fickle of purpose and lacking in perseverance , began to meddle ...
... probably discreditable , into the ranks of the Optimates . A few years later , however , the bill was passed by other hands . Flaccus , who was a genuine enthusiast , but fickle of purpose and lacking in perseverance , began to meddle ...
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... probably at the bottom of his resolve to a greater measure than he himself was aware . Whatever was the spark that kindled this eager and susceptible temperament into a flame , there can be no doubt that , from the first moment of his ...
... probably at the bottom of his resolve to a greater measure than he himself was aware . Whatever was the spark that kindled this eager and susceptible temperament into a flame , there can be no doubt that , from the first moment of his ...
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