Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... refused to take up any of the responsibilities of empire . The Senate still wished to control everything , but they could no more do so efficiently , owing to the mere difficulties of geographical distance , than in the eighteenth ...
... refused to take up any of the responsibilities of empire . The Senate still wished to control everything , but they could no more do so efficiently , owing to the mere difficulties of geographical distance , than in the eighteenth ...
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... refused to ratify the agreement , and sent Mancinus in chains to Numantia . He was only remem- bered as the saviour ... refuse to leave things alone and take the easy path to success that lay before him , and enough self - confidence to ...
... refused to ratify the agreement , and sent Mancinus in chains to Numantia . He was only remem- bered as the saviour ... refuse to leave things alone and take the easy path to success that lay before him , and enough self - confidence to ...
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... refuse to stop any longer on the soil , more especially when the alternative is not emigration to the Far West , but removal to the capital , with all its urban pleasures , its cheap food , and its opportunities of living without the ...
... refuse to stop any longer on the soil , more especially when the alternative is not emigration to the Far West , but removal to the capital , with all its urban pleasures , its cheap food , and its opportunities of living without the ...
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... 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 sole programme , he stood for the ...
... 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 sole programme , he stood for the ...
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... refused to press his scheme in a slower and less desperate fashion . He brought forward the new and harsher form of the bill , and laid it before the Comitia at the first opportunity . Again Octavius interposed his veto . Rioting ...
... refused to press his scheme in a slower and less desperate fashion . He brought forward the new and harsher form of the bill , and laid it before the Comitia at the first opportunity . Again Octavius interposed his veto . Rioting ...
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