Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... tribunicial veto had by this epoch of the Republic's history grown to be a mere nuisance and an anachronism ; yet it was so much tied up in men's memories with the ancient constitutional triumphs of the early centuries , that it was ...
... tribunicial veto had by this epoch of the Republic's history grown to be a mere nuisance and an anachronism ; yet it was so much tied up in men's memories with the ancient constitutional triumphs of the early centuries , that it was ...
Page 36
... tribunicial college with an obscure client of his own , one Q. Mummius . There was now nothing to prevent the passing of the Agrarian Law , which was produced for the third time , and carried in its revised form , with the compensation ...
... tribunicial college with an obscure client of his own , one Q. Mummius . There was now nothing to prevent the passing of the Agrarian Law , which was produced for the third time , and carried in its revised form , with the compensation ...
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... tribunicial authority to its most exaggerated extension one month , by shutting up the law courts and the treasury , while in the next he struck at the very roots of that authority , and taught men to despise it , by illegally deposing ...
... tribunicial authority to its most exaggerated extension one month , by shutting up the law courts and the treasury , while in the next he struck at the very roots of that authority , and taught men to despise it , by illegally deposing ...
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... tribunicial veto , and then , instead of persevering with it , suddenly left Rome , and plunged into a series of campaigns in Southern Gaul [ B.C. 125 ] . The Senate deliberately threw the chance of military glory in his way by ...
... tribunicial veto , and then , instead of persevering with it , suddenly left Rome , and plunged into a series of campaigns in Southern Gaul [ B.C. 125 ] . The Senate deliberately threw the chance of military glory in his way by ...
Page 76
... tribunicial elections came on , and he stood for the third time , he failed to be chosen . It is said that he had really a majority of votes , but that Drusus or some other tribune who presided at the poll made a fraudulent and unjust ...
... tribunicial elections came on , and he stood for the third time , he failed to be chosen . It is said that he had really a majority of votes , but that Drusus or some other tribune who presided at the poll made a fraudulent and unjust ...
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