Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 21
... less than for the purpose of selling it in the local market . This fact tended to make the working of the economic crisis slower . But the permanent fall in prices descended like a deadly blight on all the regions which had been wont to ...
... less than for the purpose of selling it in the local market . This fact tended to make the working of the economic crisis slower . But the permanent fall in prices descended like a deadly blight on all the regions which had been wont to ...
Page 33
... less desperate fashion . He brought forward the new and harsher form of the bill , and laid it before the Comitia at the first opportunity . Again Octavius interposed his veto . Rioting followed , and it is said that a gang of the ...
... less desperate fashion . He brought forward the new and harsher form of the bill , and laid it before the Comitia at the first opportunity . Again Octavius interposed his veto . Rioting followed , and it is said that a gang of the ...
Page 34
... less electric atmosphere than that of the Comitia . It argues an honest simplicity on the part of the reformer that he accepted the suggestion , and hurried off to the Senate- house . Clearly he thought that his proposals must seem so ...
... less electric atmosphere than that of the Comitia . It argues an honest simplicity on the part of the reformer that he accepted the suggestion , and hurried off to the Senate- house . Clearly he thought that his proposals must seem so ...
Page 42
... less suppressed wrath of his enemies to boiling - point . They had supposed that they would be rid of him as legislator at the end of the year , and they had hoped to do their best to get him tried for majestas when he was once more a ...
... less suppressed wrath of his enemies to boiling - point . They had supposed that they would be rid of him as legislator at the end of the year , and they had hoped to do their best to get him tried for majestas when he was once more a ...
Page 45
... less angry and unscrupulous than the opponents of Gracchus . On the eventful day the tribune set out , accompanied by a mass of his supporters . We are told that all the omens were very dismal that morning ; the sacred chickens had ...
... less angry and unscrupulous than the opponents of Gracchus . On the eventful day the tribune set out , accompanied by a mass of his supporters . We are told that all the omens were very dismal that morning ; the sacred chickens had ...
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