Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 96
... battles of Arausio [ Oct. 6 , 105 ] : not a cohort remained to guard the passes of the Alps : the only hope of Rome was in the army which Marius was bringing home from Africa . If the barbarians had marched at once for Turin or Genoa ...
... battles of Arausio [ Oct. 6 , 105 ] : not a cohort remained to guard the passes of the Alps : the only hope of Rome was in the army which Marius was bringing home from Africa . If the barbarians had marched at once for Turin or Genoa ...
Page 97
... battle of Aquae Sextiae . In the follow- ing spring he crossed the Alps into Italy to meet the Cimbri , who had at last completed their long circular march , and had descended into the plains of the Po . At Vercellae he annihilated them ...
... battle of Aquae Sextiae . In the follow- ing spring he crossed the Alps into Italy to meet the Cimbri , who had at last completed their long circular march , and had descended into the plains of the Po . At Vercellae he annihilated them ...
Page 98
... battle did not accompany him into the assembly , and the least interruption or distraction disconcerted him , so that he promptly became incoherent . " More- over , even the rabble would have preferred a leader who did not mix vulgar ...
... battle did not accompany him into the assembly , and the least interruption or distraction disconcerted him , so that he promptly became incoherent . " More- over , even the rabble would have preferred a leader who did not mix vulgar ...
Page 119
... battle - days he wore under his corslet a small golden image of Apollo which he had got at Delphi . But the strangest development of his beliefs has yet to be told . On his death - bed , when one would have expected that his mind should ...
... battle - days he wore under his corslet a small golden image of Apollo which he had got at Delphi . But the strangest development of his beliefs has yet to be told . On his death - bed , when one would have expected that his mind should ...
Page 122
... battles over the Sam- nites and the Lucanians which far surpassed the successes . of any other Roman general in these campaigns , Marius not excepted , and gained such a reputation that he was elected as consul for B.C. 88. It was ...
... battles over the Sam- nites and the Lucanians which far surpassed the successes . of any other Roman general in these campaigns , Marius not excepted , and gained such a reputation that he was elected as consul for B.C. 88. It was ...
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