Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, CaesarE. Arnold, 1903 - 348 pages |
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Page 69
... military men , and philo- sophers . He had business with all these classes , received them all with urbanity , and surprised them all by his interest in and mastery of their various provinces of knowledge . It was easy for his enemies ...
... military men , and philo- sophers . He had business with all these classes , received them all with urbanity , and surprised them all by his interest in and mastery of their various provinces of knowledge . It was easy for his enemies ...
Page 99
... military reputation , and , if necessary , by calling in the aid of his disbanded veterans , who were loafing about the city by thousands , living on the great donatives which they had received at the end of the Cimbric war . The ...
... military reputation , and , if necessary , by calling in the aid of his disbanded veterans , who were loafing about the city by thousands , living on the great donatives which they had received at the end of the Cimbric war . The ...
Page 113
... military command . A tribune named Sulpicius Rufus , to whom the mantle of Saturninus had descended , was busy in formulating some new reforms of second - rate importance . The most prominent of them was a bill for distributing the ...
... military command . A tribune named Sulpicius Rufus , to whom the mantle of Saturninus had descended , was busy in formulating some new reforms of second - rate importance . The most prominent of them was a bill for distributing the ...
Page 116
... into private life . Moreover , he had the solid military ability , the steadfast level - headed per- severance , the freedom from vain theory , which had CHARACTER OF SULLA 117 distinguished the best men of the 116 CHAPTER V SULLA.
... into private life . Moreover , he had the solid military ability , the steadfast level - headed per- severance , the freedom from vain theory , which had CHARACTER OF SULLA 117 distinguished the best men of the 116 CHAPTER V SULLA.
Page 127
... military riot in Picenum . Gn . Octavius , who was consul for B.C. 87 along with Cinna , proved too weak for the task of controlling his exuberant partner , when the latter openly took arms on behalf of the Democrats . A sporadic civil ...
... military riot in Picenum . Gn . Octavius , who was consul for B.C. 87 along with Cinna , proved too weak for the task of controlling his exuberant partner , when the latter openly took arms on behalf of the Democrats . A sporadic civil ...
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