Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 126
... chief of any note to resuscitate the vanquished faction , and the Senate ought to be able to take care of itself for the present . Accordingly he contented himself with making some com- paratively unobtrusive changes in the constitution ...
... chief of any note to resuscitate the vanquished faction , and the Senate ought to be able to take care of itself for the present . Accordingly he contented himself with making some com- paratively unobtrusive changes in the constitution ...
Page 129
... chief officers had been de- clared public enemies and outlawed . Decrees passed at Rome to that effect did not much injure him , for his army was thoroughly loyal , and not a man left him . But the dreadful part of the situation was ...
... chief officers had been de- clared public enemies and outlawed . Decrees passed at Rome to that effect did not much injure him , for his army was thoroughly loyal , and not a man left him . But the dreadful part of the situation was ...
Page 130
... chief fortresses . But Sulla showed no sign of discouragement . He paid his legions by the desperate expedient of seizing the temple treasures of Delphi and Olympia . To raise a fleet he sent forth his legate , L. Lucullus , bidding him ...
... chief fortresses . But Sulla showed no sign of discouragement . He paid his legions by the desperate expedient of seizing the temple treasures of Delphi and Olympia . To raise a fleet he sent forth his legate , L. Lucullus , bidding him ...
Page 139
... chiefs of the dominant faction had proved windbags , and dishonest wind bags too . Of all the men who emerged as leaders in these troublous years , none showed the least sign of genius save the praetor Q. Sertorius ; the rest were noisy ...
... chiefs of the dominant faction had proved windbags , and dishonest wind bags too . Of all the men who emerged as leaders in these troublous years , none showed the least sign of genius save the praetor Q. Sertorius ; the rest were noisy ...
Page 140
... chief of whom were his colleague , the consul Papirius Carbo , Marius , the son of the great general , and L. Junius Brutus Damasippus . The Democratic party had no longer a single autocratic leader - Cinna's three consulships had been ...
... chief of whom were his colleague , the consul Papirius Carbo , Marius , the son of the great general , and L. Junius Brutus Damasippus . The Democratic party had no longer a single autocratic leader - Cinna's three consulships had been ...
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