Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 60
... began to distribute the tithe - corn at half - price , he also made a great parade of re - enacting his brother's Agrarian Law . He declared that the restoration of the old yeoman class was as dear to his heart as it had been to that of ...
... began to distribute the tithe - corn at half - price , he also made a great parade of re - enacting his brother's Agrarian Law . He declared that the restoration of the old yeoman class was as dear to his heart as it had been to that of ...
Page 78
... began , when it was too late , to organise their partisans for the fray . This was precisely what their enemies had hoped . If they could be goaded into any act of violence , they could be accused of treason , and doomed to suffer the ...
... began , when it was too late , to organise their partisans for the fray . This was precisely what their enemies had hoped . If they could be goaded into any act of violence , they could be accused of treason , and doomed to suffer the ...
Page 79
... began the fray , and seems to have discouraged his followers by his fervid appeals to them not to take the offensive . But the die was cast . The more enthusiastic Democrats were deter- mined to fight , and came down to the assembly ...
... began the fray , and seems to have discouraged his followers by his fervid appeals to them not to take the offensive . But the die was cast . The more enthusiastic Democrats were deter- mined to fight , and came down to the assembly ...
Page 82
... began to lay before them the desperate state of affairs , and the necessity for out- lawing the Democratic leaders . At this moment , by a preconcerted arrangement , the bier of Antullius , followed by his mourning friends , was borne ...
... began to lay before them the desperate state of affairs , and the necessity for out- lawing the Democratic leaders . At this moment , by a preconcerted arrangement , the bier of Antullius , followed by his mourning friends , was borne ...
Page 84
... began should be granted an amnesty , but that Gracchus and Fulvius were public enemies , and that whoever brought their heads to the consuls should be paid for them their actual weight in gold . The rumour of this proclamation , and the ...
... began should be granted an amnesty , but that Gracchus and Fulvius were public enemies , and that whoever brought their heads to the consuls should be paid for them their actual weight in gold . The rumour of this proclamation , and the ...
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