Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 89
... King Mithradates , they rose like one man and massacred 80,000 Roman citizens in a single day . But the two really valuable remedies for the ills of the state which Gracchus had advocated were thrust aside , if not forgotten ...
... King Mithradates , they rose like one man and massacred 80,000 Roman citizens in a single day . But the two really valuable remedies for the ills of the state which Gracchus had advocated were thrust aside , if not forgotten ...
Page 92
... king of a not very powerful subject state had broken all his treaties , slain off the cousins whom the Senate had made his colleagues , and done whatever he pleased in Africa , without paying the least attention to the commands of the ...
... king of a not very powerful subject state had broken all his treaties , slain off the cousins whom the Senate had made his colleagues , and done whatever he pleased in Africa , without paying the least attention to the commands of the ...
Page 93
... king terms of peace which the indignant people refused to ratify . The second so misconducted himself that his army was scattered , beaten , and sent under the yoke . These disasters roused a tempest of wrath at Rome ; public opinion ...
... king terms of peace which the indignant people refused to ratify . The second so misconducted himself that his army was scattered , beaten , and sent under the yoke . These disasters roused a tempest of wrath at Rome ; public opinion ...
Page 94
... succeeded in capturing the Numidian king , not by force of arms , but by treachery . He bribed Jugurtha's Moorish allies to seize and sur- His MARIUS AND THE CIMBRI 95 render their guest ; the 94 FROM THE GRACCHI TO SULLA.
... succeeded in capturing the Numidian king , not by force of arms , but by treachery . He bribed Jugurtha's Moorish allies to seize and sur- His MARIUS AND THE CIMBRI 95 render their guest ; the 94 FROM THE GRACCHI TO SULLA.
Page 95
... king was kidnapped and made over to Marius , and then the war came suddenly to an end [ B.C. 105 ] . Marius had redeemed his promise to put an end to the Numidian struggle , though the method in which it closed was neither glorious nor ...
... king was kidnapped and made over to Marius , and then the war came suddenly to an end [ B.C. 105 ] . Marius had redeemed his promise to put an end to the Numidian struggle , though the method in which it closed was neither glorious nor ...
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