Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 40
... gave them to him ? The kings of old held the most awful of magistracies , yet Tarquin was expelled . Can anything be more holy and venerable than the Vestal Virgins who keep the perpetual fire ; yet if one of them breaks her vows she is ...
... gave them to him ? The kings of old held the most awful of magistracies , yet Tarquin was expelled . Can anything be more holy and venerable than the Vestal Virgins who keep the perpetual fire ; yet if one of them breaks her vows she is ...
Page 43
... gave their suffrages for Gracchus . It was so customary for the remaining tribes to follow the lead of those who had the " prerogative " of the first vote , that the return of the reformer seemed secure . But then the objection was made ...
... gave their suffrages for Gracchus . It was so customary for the remaining tribes to follow the lead of those who had the " prerogative " of the first vote , that the return of the reformer seemed secure . But then the objection was made ...
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... gave the signal for hostilities by making the preconcerted sign of raising his hand to his head . In an instant all was in confusion ; his friends girt up their gowns , broke up the fasces of the lictors , and any other woodwork they ...
... gave the signal for hostilities by making the preconcerted sign of raising his hand to his head . In an instant all was in confusion ; his friends girt up their gowns , broke up the fasces of the lictors , and any other woodwork they ...
Page 48
... gave way before the rush of furious senators , out of inbred reverence for the purple stripe . This much is certain , that , belabouring their opponents with their improvised weapons , Nasica and his followers cleared the Capitol ...
... gave way before the rush of furious senators , out of inbred reverence for the purple stripe . This much is certain , that , belabouring their opponents with their improvised weapons , Nasica and his followers cleared the Capitol ...
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... gave him a fierce look , whereupon an over - zealous follower stepped forward and stabbed the man through and through with a dagger . Antullius fell dead between the two parties , with the sacred entrails still in his hand . Prepared ...
... gave him a fierce look , whereupon an over - zealous follower stepped forward and stabbed the man through and through with a dagger . Antullius fell dead between the two parties , with the sacred entrails still in his hand . Prepared ...
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