Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 36
... rostra , vociferating that the whole proceedings were null and void — a statement which was undoubtedly true , if there remained any force in the Roman constitu- tion . Completely losing control of his temper , Tiberius had him dragged ...
... rostra , vociferating that the whole proceedings were null and void — a statement which was undoubtedly true , if there remained any force in the Roman constitu- tion . Completely losing control of his temper , Tiberius had him dragged ...
Page 55
... rostra to another while speaking , and cast his toga from off his shoulders by the vehemence of his action . His enemies com- pared him to Cleon , the blustering demagogue of ancient Athens . It is strange that a man of such a high ...
... rostra to another while speaking , and cast his toga from off his shoulders by the vehemence of his action . His enemies com- pared him to Cleon , the blustering demagogue of ancient Athens . It is strange that a man of such a high ...
Page 101
... rostra and went on with the proceedings . The evicted magistrates , though much knocked about , struggled to the front and began crying that " they heard thunder on the left , " which should have brought the meeting to an end . But ...
... rostra and went on with the proceedings . The evicted magistrates , though much knocked about , struggled to the front and began crying that " they heard thunder on the left , " which should have brought the meeting to an end . But ...
Page 102
... rostra , upsetting Saturninus and those about him . The assailants were but a handful , and the demagogue , rallying his forces and putting Marian veterans in his front rank , charged back , drove off Caepio and his gang , and completed ...
... rostra , upsetting Saturninus and those about him . The assailants were but a handful , and the demagogue , rallying his forces and putting Marian veterans in his front rank , charged back , drove off Caepio and his gang , and completed ...
Page 125
... rostra from which he had so often declaimed , a ghastly innovation in the etiquette of massacre which was to be regularly fol- lowed hereafter . But most of the other Democratic leaders escaped from Italy . Marius , after a long series ...
... rostra from which he had so often declaimed , a ghastly innovation in the etiquette of massacre which was to be regularly fol- lowed hereafter . But most of the other Democratic leaders escaped from Italy . Marius , after a long series ...
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