Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 52
... force itself to the front as the main problem of the day . Leaders of a sort were not long wanting , but at first they were mere noisy agitators , who only stirred the surface of things . C. Papirius Carbo and M. Fulvius Flaccus , the ...
... force itself to the front as the main problem of the day . Leaders of a sort were not long wanting , but at first they were mere noisy agitators , who only stirred the surface of things . C. Papirius Carbo and M. Fulvius Flaccus , the ...
Page 68
... force at his back , only the fickle bands of the urban multitude . The Roman constitution , as time was to show , could only be overthrown by an imperator with legions at his heels : the orator , who had but his ready tongue and his ...
... force at his back , only the fickle bands of the urban multitude . The Roman constitution , as time was to show , could only be overthrown by an imperator with legions at his heels : the orator , who had but his ready tongue and his ...
Page 77
... forces to bear , and of organising power there seems to have been little or none on the Democratic side . The moment that the new magistrates of B.C. 121 were installed in office , an effort was made by the Optimates to rescind as much ...
... forces to bear , and of organising power there seems to have been little or none on the Democratic side . The moment that the new magistrates of B.C. 121 were installed in office , an effort was made by the Optimates to rescind as much ...
Page 79
... force if it should become necessary . The Optimates secretly armed their clients and slaves . On the other hand , Flaccus sent the word round rural Italy that strong arms were needed at Rome . It is said that hundreds of his partisans ...
... force if it should become necessary . The Optimates secretly armed their clients and slaves . On the other hand , Flaccus sent the word round rural Italy that strong arms were needed at Rome . It is said that hundreds of his partisans ...
Page 82
... force around the Senate- house , the Democrats had begun to concentrate on the Aventine . They were almost destitute of guidance , for Caius was sunk in a melancholy apathy , and Flaccus was barely recovered from the effects of last ...
... force around the Senate- house , the Democrats had begun to concentrate on the Aventine . They were almost destitute of guidance , for Caius was sunk in a melancholy apathy , and Flaccus was barely recovered from the effects of last ...
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