Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 33
... received . The main result of it was to estrange from the reformer's cause the greater part of his more moderate partisans . There were men who had thought that the law was desir- able , if the possessores could be paid off and induced ...
... received . The main result of it was to estrange from the reformer's cause the greater part of his more moderate partisans . There were men who had thought that the law was desir- able , if the possessores could be paid off and induced ...
Page 46
... received Gracchus with the loudest acclama- tions , and formed round him in a sort of battle array when he took his place with his colleagues . But presently it was seen that there was also a hostile element present ; the possessores ...
... received Gracchus with the loudest acclama- tions , and formed round him in a sort of battle array when he took his place with his colleagues . But presently it was seen that there was also a hostile element present ; the possessores ...
Page 47
... receiving from time to time more or less accurate accounts of what was going on before the Capitol . The news that Flaccus had carried to the assembly seems to have been somewhat highly coloured , for though the possessores had been ...
... receiving from time to time more or less accurate accounts of what was going on before the Capitol . The news that Flaccus had carried to the assembly seems to have been somewhat highly coloured , for though the possessores had been ...
Page 64
... the sort just before Caius received the tribunate . M'Aquilius , governor of Asia , had been acquitted , in spite of the fact that the provincials THE EQUESTRIAN JURIES 65 proved against him a number of 64 CAIUS GRACCHUS.
... the sort just before Caius received the tribunate . M'Aquilius , governor of Asia , had been acquitted , in spite of the fact that the provincials THE EQUESTRIAN JURIES 65 proved against him a number of 64 CAIUS GRACCHUS.
Page 67
... received from him in return whatever they wished . " How harmful to the state were these " things which they wished " may be seen from the case of the Asiatic taxes . Since their annexation in B.C. 133 , or rather since their rescue ...
... received from him in return whatever they wished . " How harmful to the state were these " things which they wished " may be seen from the case of the Asiatic taxes . Since their annexation in B.C. 133 , or rather since their rescue ...
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