Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... showed the way — a bad way at the best - out of the hopeless deadlock into which Rome had fallen . But ere Julius C¿sar appeared there were not one but many Romans who saw well enough that the Roman world was out of joint , and tried ...
... showed the way — a bad way at the best - out of the hopeless deadlock into which Rome had fallen . But ere Julius C¿sar appeared there were not one but many Romans who saw well enough that the Roman world was out of joint , and tried ...
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... showed signs of wear and tear . The dispossessed yeoman had , at any rate , lived on a higher scale than this ; he had wife and family to keep , and , how- ever frugal his fare and garb , they were at least better than those of the ...
... showed signs of wear and tear . The dispossessed yeoman had , at any rate , lived on a higher scale than this ; he had wife and family to keep , and , how- ever frugal his fare and garb , they were at least better than those of the ...
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... rose and bade him desist . Tiberius from the first showed signs of temper ; he turned on his colleague , we are told , and used harsh and insulting words to him . Then he postponed " the introduction of the bill to the next legal day.
... rose and bade him desist . Tiberius from the first showed signs of temper ; he turned on his colleague , we are told , and used harsh and insulting words to him . Then he postponed " the introduction of the bill to the next legal day.
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... showed a great want of political wisdom . He named himself , his younger brother , Caius -a youth of twenty - and his father - in - law , Appius Claudius . He aimed merely at securing stringent effici- ency in action , and did not see ...
... showed a great want of political wisdom . He named himself , his younger brother , Caius -a youth of twenty - and his father - in - law , Appius Claudius . He aimed merely at securing stringent effici- ency in action , and did not see ...
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... showed a complete lack of coolness and self - restraint . On the night before the adjourned election meeting he collected a great crowd of his adherents , many of whom encamped before his house and slept in the street . He harangued ...
... showed a complete lack of coolness and self - restraint . On the night before the adjourned election meeting he collected a great crowd of his adherents , many of whom encamped before his house and slept in the street . He harangued ...
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