Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... whole Mediterranean basin , she was being torn at home by a great constitutional struggle which pierced to the very roots of her being . This was the problem of determining with whom should reside for the future sovereignty , in the ...
... whole Mediterranean basin , she was being torn at home by a great constitutional struggle which pierced to the very roots of her being . This was the problem of determining with whom should reside for the future sovereignty , in the ...
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... whole- sale manumission of slaves . While Rome had been transformed , her constitution remained perfectly unchanged , and the rude administra- tive machinery which had sufficed to manage a small com- munity of farmers living close ...
... whole- sale manumission of slaves . While Rome had been transformed , her constitution remained perfectly unchanged , and the rude administra- tive machinery which had sufficed to manage a small com- munity of farmers living close ...
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... whole regions , and often made descents on cities within the boundaries of the Roman empire . The Senate only resented their outrages by fits and starts . If they grew too insolent , a squadron was sometimes sent against them , but it ...
... whole regions , and often made descents on cities within the boundaries of the Roman empire . The Senate only resented their outrages by fits and starts . If they grew too insolent , a squadron was sometimes sent against them , but it ...
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... whole peninsula was like the Afridi and Waziri frontier of North - Western India at the present day , and by advancing their boundary - marks the Romans only changed the names of their enemies . There was no finality till the Atlantic ...
... whole peninsula was like the Afridi and Waziri frontier of North - Western India at the present day , and by advancing their boundary - marks the Romans only changed the names of their enemies . There was no finality till the Atlantic ...
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... whole Mediterranean world seemed doomed to retrogression and collapse . It is possible that the Republic might have been demolished , if there had arisen against it any really formidable and well - equipped enemy . But the outer world ...
... whole Mediterranean world seemed doomed to retrogression and collapse . It is possible that the Republic might have been demolished , if there had arisen against it any really formidable and well - equipped enemy . But the outer world ...
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