Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 39
... appeared . He had ruined too many prominent men to be able ever again to live in quiet . Angry senators insulted him in the streets , and asked him inconvenient constitutional questions on public occasions . No story was too silly or ...
... appeared . He had ruined too many prominent men to be able ever again to live in quiet . Angry senators insulted him in the streets , and asked him inconvenient constitutional questions on public occasions . No story was too silly or ...
Page 55
... appeared mild , moderate , and conciliatory ! These are hardly the epithets that we should apply to the author of the confiscation of the domain - land and the deposer of Octavius , but the comparison enables us to understand the ...
... appeared mild , moderate , and conciliatory ! These are hardly the epithets that we should apply to the author of the confiscation of the domain - land and the deposer of Octavius , but the comparison enables us to understand the ...
Page 59
... appeared , as the true friend of the people . He had appealed to them in a manner which even the simplest could understand , and their gratitude reminds us of the famous cry of the Portuguese army when it saluted its commander with the ...
... appeared , as the true friend of the people . He had appealed to them in a manner which even the simplest could understand , and their gratitude reminds us of the famous cry of the Portuguese army when it saluted its commander with the ...
Page 72
... appeared upon the scene , to the great per- plexity of Gracchus . This was a certain Marcus Livius Drusus , a tribune of whom little had hitherto been known . He did not attempt to resist Caius by the method of mere stolid opposition ...
... appeared upon the scene , to the great per- plexity of Gracchus . This was a certain Marcus Livius Drusus , a tribune of whom little had hitherto been known . He did not attempt to resist Caius by the method of mere stolid opposition ...
Page 82
... appearing to represent law and order . Protected by this mass of special constables the Senate met next morning . The consul began to lay before them the desperate state of affairs , and the necessity for out- lawing the Democratic ...
... appearing to represent law and order . Protected by this mass of special constables the Senate met next morning . The consul began to lay before them the desperate state of affairs , and the necessity for out- lawing the Democratic ...
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