Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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... hands of great landholders who worked their farms with serfs , and now the serfs were being replaced by foreign slaves . On the other hand , we must bear in mind that there were many parts of Italy where the agricultural depression does ...
... hands of great landholders who worked their farms with serfs , and now the serfs were being replaced by foreign slaves . On the other hand , we must bear in mind that there were many parts of Italy where the agricultural depression does ...
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... hands of single individuals , for the old Licinian laws had provided that no one should hold more than 500 jugera of tillage , or turn out more than 100 oxen or 500 sheep upon the pasture . But by the second century this ancient regula ...
... hands of single individuals , for the old Licinian laws had provided that no one should hold more than 500 jugera of tillage , or turn out more than 100 oxen or 500 sheep upon the pasture . But by the second century this ancient regula ...
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... hand , prepared to veto the law . He was named M. Octavius ; all agree that he was a perfectly honest and upright man . He had been a personal friend of Gracchus , but was a thorough con- servative , and ( what no doubt did much to ...
... hand , prepared to veto the law . He was named M. Octavius ; all agree that he was a perfectly honest and upright man . He had been a personal friend of Gracchus , but was a thorough con- servative , and ( what no doubt did much to ...
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... hand , and imploring him not to stand between the people and their will . When the expected negative was given to his impassioned appeal , Tiberius suddenly produced a new and startling proposal . " Two colleagues of equal power , " he ...
... hand , and imploring him not to stand between the people and their will . When the expected negative was given to his impassioned appeal , Tiberius suddenly produced a new and startling proposal . " Two colleagues of equal power , " he ...
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... . If we were to find a tribune trying to pull down the temple on the Capitol , or to set fire to the arsenal , we should lay restraining hands on him in spite of his inviolability . And in a similar fashion , he who is doing.
... . If we were to find a tribune trying to pull down the temple on the Capitol , or to set fire to the arsenal , we should lay restraining hands on him in spite of his inviolability . And in a similar fashion , he who is doing.
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