Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 29
... held diametrically opposite views . At the earliest opportunity , therefore , after his election to office , Tiberius brought forward his bill . Its most important clauses we have already noticed ; but we must add that the confiscated ...
... held diametrically opposite views . At the earliest opportunity , therefore , after his election to office , Tiberius brought forward his bill . Its most important clauses we have already noticed ; but we must add that the confiscated ...
Page 30
... Roman than a barbarian ? Accord- ingly it was his duty to call upon the rich men who now held the public land to take into consideration the danger- 66 OCTAVIUS VETOES THE BILL 31 ous state into which the 30 TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
... Roman than a barbarian ? Accord- ingly it was his duty to call upon the rich men who now held the public land to take into consideration the danger- 66 OCTAVIUS VETOES THE BILL 31 ous state into which the 30 TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
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... 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 buried alive . So , too , a tribune ...
... 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 buried alive . So , too , a tribune ...
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... son of Gracchus and the grandson of Scipio , the protector of the people of Rome , would never be held back by any omen from going forth to help that people in the day of their need , " and the cortége forced its way through.
... son of Gracchus and the grandson of Scipio , the protector of the people of Rome , would never be held back by any omen from going forth to help that people in the day of their need , " and the cortége forced its way through.
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... held at Athens . The Athenian had been Strategos year after year , and had guided for half a lifetime the votes of the Ecclesia . Yet no one save comic poets called him a tyrant : he was πρоσтÁTNS TOÛ Sýμov , as the Greeks phrased it ...
... held at Athens . The Athenian had been Strategos year after year , and had guided for half a lifetime the votes of the Ecclesia . Yet no one save comic poets called him a tyrant : he was πρоσтÁTNS TOÛ Sýμov , as the Greeks phrased it ...
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