Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 55
... friend of the people . His activity was militant and aggressive , his eloquence bitter and vituperative . He was always working himself up into the fine fury that ends in hysterics . We are told that he was aware of the fact , and that ...
... friend of the people . His activity was militant and aggressive , his eloquence bitter and vituperative . He was always working himself up into the fine fury that ends in hysterics . We are told that he was aware of the fact , and that ...
Page 59
... friend who had once and for all filled their stomachs . He proposed a lex frumentaria , which provided that corn - the tithe - corn of the Sicilian cities stored in the granaries of the state- should be sold to any citizen who applied ...
... friend who had once and for all filled their stomachs . He proposed a lex frumentaria , which provided that corn - the tithe - corn of the Sicilian cities stored in the granaries of the state- should be sold to any citizen who applied ...
Page 61
... friends in the urban multitude would never grant them . But on the fertile soil of Africa they might do well enough . Accordingly , Caius set his colleague , the tribune Rubrius , to introduce a bill for the founding of a colony on a ...
... friends in the urban multitude would never grant them . But on the fertile soil of Africa they might do well enough . Accordingly , Caius set his colleague , the tribune Rubrius , to introduce a bill for the founding of a colony on a ...
Page 66
... friends on the jury . The new grievance was that any one who did not play into the hands of the Equites , and grant them whatever they asked , was prosecuted and condemned , however blameless his conduct might have been . It took some ...
... friends on the jury . The new grievance was that any one who did not play into the hands of the Equites , and grant them whatever they asked , was prosecuted and condemned , however blameless his conduct might have been . It took some ...
Page 67
... friend they had ever known and retired to live in honoured exile among the very people whom he was supposed to have oppressed . Doubtless Caius did not foresee the full harvest of scandals which was destined to spring up from his treat ...
... friend they had ever known and retired to live in honoured exile among the very people whom he was supposed to have oppressed . Doubtless Caius did not foresee the full harvest of scandals which was destined to spring up from his treat ...
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