Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 38
... important thing Tiberius made no pro- vision . Evidently he had no conception of the need of it : this was to secure that when the land was distri- buted , and stocked , and furnished with its barns and cot- tages , it should prove a ...
... important thing Tiberius made no pro- vision . Evidently he had no conception of the need of it : this was to secure that when the land was distri- buted , and stocked , and furnished with its barns and cot- tages , it should prove a ...
Page 42
... important matters as the Agrarian Law and the appropriation of the Pergamene treasures by mere " plebiscites , " without the approval and consent of the Senate , he had practically ended the time - honoured com- promise under which ...
... important matters as the Agrarian Law and the appropriation of the Pergamene treasures by mere " plebiscites , " without the approval and consent of the Senate , he had practically ended the time - honoured com- promise under which ...
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... importance . Carbo tried to pass a declaratory law , to the effect that tribunes might legally be re - elected year after year [ B.C. 131 ] . He failed , fell away from his Democratic beliefs , and relapsed , for reasons obscure but ...
... importance . Carbo tried to pass a declaratory law , to the effect that tribunes might legally be re - elected year after year [ B.C. 131 ] . He failed , fell away from his Democratic beliefs , and relapsed , for reasons obscure but ...
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... important question - the enfranchisement of the Italian allies . He brought in a bill for this very just and wise purpose , saw it blocked by the tribunicial veto , and then , instead of persevering with it , suddenly left Rome , and ...
... important question - the enfranchisement of the Italian allies . He brought in a bill for this very just and wise purpose , saw it blocked by the tribunicial veto , and then , instead of persevering with it , suddenly left Rome , and ...
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... in classes rather than in strict order of time . In some ways the most important of all was a bill which ( in spite of all that the advocates of Caius can allege ) THE CORN - DOLE INSTITUTED 59 appears to have been 58 CAIUS GRACCHUS.
... in classes rather than in strict order of time . In some ways the most important of all was a bill which ( in spite of all that the advocates of Caius can allege ) THE CORN - DOLE INSTITUTED 59 appears to have been 58 CAIUS GRACCHUS.
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