Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... turning of arable land into pasture , so that tillage seemed almost to have ceased in certain districts , and a slow but sure shrinkage in the numbers of the free farming popula- tion who " lived by the land . " It is usual for ...
... turning of arable land into pasture , so that tillage seemed almost to have ceased in certain districts , and a slow but sure shrinkage in the numbers of the free farming popula- tion who " lived by the land . " It is usual for ...
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... turn themselves from agriculture to handi- crafts , and if it is absolutely necessary that the farming class should be kept up , there must be Protection . The foreign corn must at all costs be kept out , so that the yeoman may make a ...
... turn themselves from agriculture to handi- crafts , and if it is absolutely necessary that the farming class should be kept up , there must be Protection . The foreign corn must at all costs be kept out , so that the yeoman may make a ...
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... turn out more than 100 oxen or 500 sheep upon the pasture . But by the second century this ancient regula- tion was wholly forgotten ; indeed , it had not been well observed even at the time of its enactment , and had long mouldered in ...
... turn out more than 100 oxen or 500 sheep upon the pasture . But by the second century this ancient regula- tion was wholly forgotten ; indeed , it had not been well observed even at the time of its enactment , and had long mouldered in ...
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... turn it to account . Now , 63 asses per modius was , as it would appear , a rate which represented about one - half the normal price of corn in the Roman market during an average year . The measure was equivalent , therefore , to the ...
... turn it to account . Now , 63 asses per modius was , as it would appear , a rate which represented about one - half the normal price of corn in the Roman market during an average year . The measure was equivalent , therefore , to the ...
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... turn all the farms which had already been distributed by the Land Commission into the private property of their occupiers . Tiberius Gracchus had made a great point of imposing a rent upon them , in order to remind the farmers that they ...
... turn all the farms which had already been distributed by the Land Commission into the private property of their occupiers . Tiberius Gracchus had made a great point of imposing a rent upon them , in order to remind the farmers that they ...
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