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If they grow too insolent , a squadron was sometimes sent against them , but it
was seldom composed of vessels equipped and manned from Italy . The ordinary
method was to requisition a fleet from the maritime allies of the state , who ...
If they grow too insolent , a squadron was sometimes sent against them , but it
was seldom composed of vessels equipped and manned from Italy . The ordinary
method was to requisition a fleet from the maritime allies of the state , who ...
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It was no fault of his if the Senate afterwards refused to ratify the agreement , and
sent Mancinus in chains to Numantia . He was only remembered as the saviour
of the lives of the defeated legions , and all the ignominy of the defeat was laid ...
It was no fault of his if the Senate afterwards refused to ratify the agreement , and
sent Mancinus in chains to Numantia . He was only remembered as the saviour
of the lives of the defeated legions , and all the ignominy of the defeat was laid ...
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But presently it was seen that there was also a hostile element present ; the
possessores had sent down their clients and retainers , and scuffling and
quarrelling began at half - a - dozen points , till all was clamour and disorder ,
and the voices ...
But presently it was seen that there was also a hostile element present ; the
possessores had sent down their clients and retainers , and scuffling and
quarrelling began at half - a - dozen points , till all was clamour and disorder ,
and the voices ...
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Caius took the quaestorship in the year of the law of Pennus , and was sent to
serve in Sardinia under the proconsul Aurelius Orestes . He was kept in that
unhealthy and uninteresting island for two years , as his office was prolonged for
a ...
Caius took the quaestorship in the year of the law of Pennus , and was sent to
serve in Sardinia under the proconsul Aurelius Orestes . He was kept in that
unhealthy and uninteresting island for two years , as his office was prolonged for
a ...
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But to expect a conscript sent for six years to Spain to keep himself clothed from
his modest pay was absurd . Not only was this boon secured to the soldiery , but
other laws of Gracchus mitigated the severity of the conscription , securing that no
...
But to expect a conscript sent for six years to Spain to keep himself clothed from
his modest pay was absurd . Not only was this boon secured to the soldiery , but
other laws of Gracchus mitigated the severity of the conscription , securing that no
...
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| Title | Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sar |
| Author | Charles Oman |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, 1902 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 juuni 2008 |
| Length | 348 pages |
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