Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 29
... keep before the eyes of the new settlers the fact that they were not freeholders , but tenants of the state . A permanent court of three com- missioners " Triumviri agris dandis assignandis , " was to be created , not only to distribute ...
... keep before the eyes of the new settlers the fact that they were not freeholders , but tenants of the state . A permanent court of three com- missioners " Triumviri agris dandis assignandis , " was to be created , not only to distribute ...
Page 30
... keep up the class from which her legions were drawn : land must be found for these landless men , and land was available . Was it not most just to distribute the public property among the public ? Had the slaves who now tilled the ...
... keep up the class from which her legions were drawn : land must be found for these landless men , and land was available . Was it not most just to distribute the public property among the public ? Had the slaves who now tilled the ...
Page 40
... keep the perpetual fire ; yet if one of them breaks her vows she is buried alive . So , too , a tribune who injures the sovereign people can no longer be sacred and inviolable because of the investiture which the people gave him . He ...
... keep the perpetual fire ; yet if one of them breaks her vows she is buried alive . So , too , a tribune who injures the sovereign people can no longer be sacred and inviolable because of the investiture which the people gave him . He ...
Page 45
... keep off their opponents by their serried ranks . Appian adds that he agreed to give them a signal , if he considered himself in danger , by raising his hand to his head , as a token that his life was at stake . If they saw the sign ...
... keep off their opponents by their serried ranks . Appian adds that he agreed to give them a signal , if he considered himself in danger , by raising his hand to his head , as a token that his life was at stake . If they saw the sign ...
Page 54
... keep him- self so secluded and obscure as Plutarch makes out . We know , for example , that he made an oration in favour of Carbo's bill concerning re - election to the tribunate , and that he spoke against the detestable law of Junius ...
... keep him- self so secluded and obscure as Plutarch makes out . We know , for example , that he made an oration in favour of Carbo's bill concerning re - election to the tribunate , and that he spoke against the detestable law of Junius ...
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