Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 113
... command . A tribune named Sulpicius Rufus , to whom the mantle of Saturninus had descended , was busy in formulating some new reforms of second - rate importance . The most prominent of them was a bill for distributing the freedmen ...
... command . A tribune named Sulpicius Rufus , to whom the mantle of Saturninus had descended , was busy in formulating some new reforms of second - rate importance . The most prominent of them was a bill for distributing the freedmen ...
Page 114
... command of the army which was to be sent to the East to repel King Mithradates . The old general had recovered from the shock of his political humiliation in B.C. 99. He had been entrusted with a considerable body of legions during the ...
... command of the army which was to be sent to the East to repel King Mithradates . The old general had recovered from the shock of his political humiliation in B.C. 99. He had been entrusted with a considerable body of legions during the ...
Page 120
... command . While the struggle with the evasive Numidian seemed likely to drag on for ever , Sulla suddenly brought it to an end by his clever and unscrupulous diplomacy . By a SULLA IN AFRICA 121 combination of bribes and cajolery , 120 ...
... command . While the struggle with the evasive Numidian seemed likely to drag on for ever , Sulla suddenly brought it to an end by his clever and unscrupulous diplomacy . By a SULLA IN AFRICA 121 combination of bribes and cajolery , 120 ...
Page 122
... command in the Italian war . He fully justified his promotion , won 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 ...
... command in the Italian war . He fully justified his promotion , won 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 ...
Page 123
... command , and to make over his army to Marius . He had already been in violent collision with the demagogue , who — as it is said — had tried to get him assassinated in broad daylight during the meeting of the Comitia . But there is no ...
... command , and to make over his army to Marius . He had already been in violent collision with the demagogue , who — as it is said — had tried to get him assassinated in broad daylight during the meeting of the Comitia . But there is no ...
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