Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. C¿sarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
From inside the book
Page 31
... death , if they 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 ...
... death , if they 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 ...
Page 35
... death were the only ways in which his place could become vacant . To remove him by a vote of the tribes , before his time was out , was as impossible as ( let us say ) it would be for a mass - meeting of the electors of West- minster to ...
... death were the only ways in which his place could become vacant . To remove him by a vote of the tribes , before his time was out , was as impossible as ( let us say ) it would be for a mass - meeting of the electors of West- minster to ...
Page 36
... death , Tiberius proceeded to hold an illegal election meeting , and filled up the place of Octavius in the tribunicial college with an obscure client of his own , one Q. Mummius . There was now nothing to prevent the passing of the ...
... death , Tiberius proceeded to hold an illegal election meeting , and filled up the place of Octavius in the tribunicial college with an obscure client of his own , one Q. Mummius . There was now nothing to prevent the passing of the ...
Page 44
... death . His indignant partisans closed around him , vowing that he should be preserved at all costs , and for the next few days he went about with a sort of bodyguard armed with staves and bearing torches after nightfall . This mob was ...
... death . His indignant partisans closed around him , vowing that he should be preserved at all costs , and for the next few days he went about with a sort of bodyguard armed with staves and bearing torches after nightfall . This mob was ...
Page 47
... forcing the people into irregular courses , he should take care to to annul his proceedings , but that he would not be the first to have recourse to violence , nor would he ever put any citizen to death without a trial.
... forcing the people into irregular courses , he should take care to to annul his proceedings , but that he would not be the first to have recourse to violence , nor would he ever put any citizen to death without a trial.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Agrarian Law allies ambition arms army Asia Asiatic assembly battle bill C¿sar Caius Gracchus campaign career Catiline Cato Cicero Cimbri Cinna citizens civil Clodius colleague colonies Comitia command constitution consul consulship corn-dole Crassus danger death demagogue Democratic party Denarius doubt Drusus East empire enemy Epirus Equestrian Equites fight Flaccus force friends Gaul gave hand head Italian Italy Julius C¿sar king land leader legions Lucullus magistrates Marius massacre merely Metellus military Mithradates murder never Octavius oligarchy once Optimates orator Parthian partisans passed Plutarch political Pompey Pompey's Pontic praetor proconsul programme proposed province quaestor reckless refused Republic Roman Roman Republic Rome rostra Saturninus seemed Senate senatorial Sertorius slaves soldiers Spain Sulla's Sulpicius things Tiberius Gracchus tion told took tribes tribune tribunicial triumph triumvirs troops tyrant urban multitude veterans veto victorious vote whole wished young