Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... wished to control everything , but they could no more do so efficiently , owing to the mere difficulties of geographical distance , than in the eighteenth century the East India Company's directors could control Clive or Warren Hastings ...
... wished to control everything , but they could no more do so efficiently , owing to the mere difficulties of geographical distance , than in the eighteenth century the East India Company's directors could control Clive or Warren Hastings ...
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... ingly , the statesman who wished to carry his law before the Comitia had normally to face only the plebs urbana . On rare occasions the outvoters might alter the composi- tion of the assembly , but the everyday audience of.
... ingly , the statesman who wished to carry his law before the Comitia had normally to face only the plebs urbana . On rare occasions the outvoters might alter the composi- tion of the assembly , but the everyday audience of.
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... wished to retain the broad lands which they had so long regarded as their own . Accordingly they had got their instrument ready . A tribune was at hand , prepared to veto the law . He was named M. Octavius ; all agree that he was a ...
... wished to retain the broad lands which they had so long regarded as their own . Accordingly they had got their instrument ready . A tribune was at hand , prepared to veto the law . He was named M. Octavius ; all agree that he was a ...
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... wished at all costs to give Gracchus time to get cool , and to allow him a chance of discussing his bill in a less electric atmosphere than that of the Comitia . It argues an honest simplicity on the part of the reformer that he ...
... wished at all costs to give Gracchus time to get cool , and to allow him a chance of discussing his bill in a less electric atmosphere than that of the Comitia . It argues an honest simplicity on the part of the reformer that he ...
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... wished to preserve himself from prosecution for high treason , and if he desired to be sure that his Land Commission should go on with its work , the best thing TIBERIUS PROPOSES NEW REFORMS 4I that he could do would 40 TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
... wished to preserve himself from prosecution for high treason , and if he desired to be sure that his Land Commission should go on with its work , the best thing TIBERIUS PROPOSES NEW REFORMS 4I that he could do would 40 TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
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