Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... programme , he stood for the tribunate in B.C. 134 , was easily elected , and entered into office in the succeeding year . The first announcement of his intention roused an opposition that he cannot but have foreseen , though he ...
... programme , he stood for the tribunate in B.C. 134 , was easily elected , and entered into office in the succeeding year . The first announcement of his intention roused an opposition that he cannot but have foreseen , though he ...
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... programme . In the reforms which he announced that he intended to carry out in B.C. 132 we see foreshadowed the whole " Democratic platform " of the next fifty years . The planks of it included ( 1 ) the relaxa- tion of the terms of ...
... programme . In the reforms which he announced that he intended to carry out in B.C. 132 we see foreshadowed the whole " Democratic platform " of the next fifty years . The planks of it included ( 1 ) the relaxa- tion of the terms of ...
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... programme - the list of reforms that he intended to bring forward in his second tribunate - we find that it does not include any scheme for rearranging the machinery of the state , but only certain proposals to change points of detail ...
... programme - the list of reforms that he intended to bring forward in his second tribunate - we find that it does not include any scheme for rearranging the machinery of the state , but only certain proposals to change points of detail ...
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... programme , when he felt that he could so easily supply both these wants . Ambition and revenge were probably at the bottom of his resolve to a greater measure than he himself was aware . Whatever was the spark that kindled this eager ...
... programme , when he felt that he could so easily supply both these wants . Ambition and revenge were probably at the bottom of his resolve to a greater measure than he himself was aware . Whatever was the spark that kindled this eager ...
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... programme . His real scheme for relieving the economic pressure was of quite a different kind . He intended to despatch the ruined Italian farmers over - seas , to form new colonies in the provinces , where their efforts would not be ...
... programme . His real scheme for relieving the economic pressure was of quite a different kind . He intended to despatch the ruined Italian farmers over - seas , to form new colonies in the provinces , where their efforts would not be ...
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