Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sar |
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In B . C . 200 Rome was still in the main a city - state of the old type , though she
had already begun to acquire important transmarine domains . She was still a
self - supporting agricultural community , feeding herself on home - grown corn .
In B . C . 200 Rome was still in the main a city - state of the old type , though she
had already begun to acquire important transmarine domains . She was still a
self - supporting agricultural community , feeding herself on home - grown corn .
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Indeed , the city mob were already clamouring for distributions of corn when any
excuse , adequate or inadequate , could be found . It is scarcely necessary to
point out the effect on the agricultural classes of Central Italy of the appearance of
...
Indeed , the city mob were already clamouring for distributions of corn when any
excuse , adequate or inadequate , could be found . It is scarcely necessary to
point out the effect on the agricultural classes of Central Italy of the appearance of
...
Page 24
They had come to Rome precisely in order to enjoy the cheap loaf , and they
were already clamouring to have it larger and yet cheaper . They would have
laughed to scorn any proposal to impose a heavy tax on their corn for the benefit
of the ...
They had come to Rome precisely in order to enjoy the cheap loaf , and they
were already clamouring to have it larger and yet cheaper . They would have
laughed to scorn any proposal to impose a heavy tax on their corn for the benefit
of the ...
Page 29
Its most important clauses we have already noticed ; but we must add that the
confiscated land was to be cut up into farms Lof thirty jugera each , inalienable by
the allottees , and charged with a small rent payable to the state . The former ...
Its most important clauses we have already noticed ; but we must add that the
confiscated land was to be cut up into farms Lof thirty jugera each , inalienable by
the allottees , and charged with a small rent payable to the state . The former ...
Page 36
We have already given its details . It only remains to add that when the three
commissioners , agris dandis assignandis , had to be appointed , Tiberius
showed a great want of political wisdom . He named himself , his younger brother
, Caius ...
We have already given its details . It only remains to add that when the three
commissioners , agris dandis assignandis , had to be appointed , Tiberius
showed a great want of political wisdom . He named himself , his younger brother
, Caius ...
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| Title | Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sar |
| Authors | Charles Oman, Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, 1902 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 25 juuni 2008 |
| Length | 348 pages |
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