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Page 81
... called together a mob of his supporters , harangued them , and armed them
with a store of weapons which lay in his house , for he possessed a complete
arsenal of Gallic broadswords and lances , the trophies of his successful
campaign of ...
... called together a mob of his supporters , harangued them , and armed them
with a store of weapons which lay in his house , for he possessed a complete
arsenal of Gallic broadswords and lances , the trophies of his successful
campaign of ...
Page 93
The new general was fairly successful , but he did not work quickly enough to
please the angry critics of the forum . He took most of Jugurtha ' s fortresses , but
the king filed into the Atlas and the Sahara , and maintained a desperate guerilla
...
The new general was fairly successful , but he did not work quickly enough to
please the angry critics of the forum . He took most of Jugurtha ' s fortresses , but
the king filed into the Atlas and the Sahara , and maintained a desperate guerilla
...
Page 94
But though he took large reinforcements with him , legions raised on a new
system , by volunteers from the lower orders of the city , he was not at first much
more successful than his predecessor . Ho scoured the whole country - side with
...
But though he took large reinforcements with him , legions raised on a new
system , by volunteers from the lower orders of the city , he was not at first much
more successful than his predecessor . Ho scoured the whole country - side with
...
Page 95
But he had saved his reputation , and was able to celebrate a triumph , and to
pose before his supporters as a successful general . At the moment of his return
he had the state at his mercy , for the Senate was cowed , and the people would ...
But he had saved his reputation , and was able to celebrate a triumph , and to
pose before his supporters as a successful general . At the moment of his return
he had the state at his mercy , for the Senate was cowed , and the people would ...
Page 101
Thereupon a band of his satellites fell upon and stoned to death Q . Nonius , one
of the successful candidates . Saturninus was elected to fill the vacant place . It
was just possible to look upon this sinister coincidence as the work of chance ;
but ...
Thereupon a band of his satellites fell upon and stoned to death Q . Nonius , one
of the successful candidates . Saturninus was elected to fill the vacant place . It
was just possible to look upon this sinister coincidence as the work of chance ;
but ...
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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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