Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... young men to hold opinions at variance with the laws . " Tiberius Gracchus was one of those unfortunate persons who are from their earliest years held up as models , and serve to point the moral and adorn the tale for their young ...
... young men to hold opinions at variance with the laws . " Tiberius Gracchus was one of those unfortunate persons who are from their earliest years held up as models , and serve to point the moral and adorn the tale for their young ...
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... young man as the most eligible parti in the city . Tiberius saw his first military service in Africa during the Third Punic War . He was taken out under the best possible auspices , as one of the aides - de - camp of his brother - in ...
... young man as the most eligible parti in the city . Tiberius saw his first military service in Africa during the Third Punic War . He was taken out under the best possible auspices , as one of the aides - de - camp of his brother - in ...
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... young quaestor's father had enjoyed a great name for good faith and justice among the Spaniards . Tiberius drew up an equitable treaty , which was sworn to by both sides , and the army was allowed to depart . It was no fault of his if ...
... young quaestor's father had enjoyed a great name for good faith and justice among the Spaniards . Tiberius drew up an equitable treaty , which was sworn to by both sides , and the army was allowed to depart . It was no fault of his if ...
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... ancient Roman kings . He had stumbled over a corpse , and as he strove to rise , a senator named Publius Satureius beat out his brains with a footstool . MURDER OF TIBERIUS 49 Thus miserably perished a young man 48 TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
... ancient Roman kings . He had stumbled over a corpse , and as he strove to rise , a senator named Publius Satureius beat out his brains with a footstool . MURDER OF TIBERIUS 49 Thus miserably perished a young man 48 TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
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... young man of excellent intentions and perfect honesty , who thought himself destined to be the regenerator of Rome , and merely succeeded in launching the state upon a hundred years of bitter civil strife . No man is fit for a party ...
... young man of excellent intentions and perfect honesty , who thought himself destined to be the regenerator of Rome , and merely succeeded in launching the state upon a hundred years of bitter civil strife . No man is fit for a party ...
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