Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 47
... multitude who were fleeing from the scene of riot was heard . Inquiries made of the fugitives elicited the wildest statements ; some said that Gracchus was deposing all the other tribunes from office ( as he had once deposed Octavius ) ...
... multitude who were fleeing from the scene of riot was heard . Inquiries made of the fugitives elicited the wildest statements ; some said that Gracchus was deposing all the other tribunes from office ( as he had once deposed Octavius ) ...
Page 48
... multitude was thinning out after the election proceed- ings had come to an end , and it is said that the reformer had now no more than 3000 or 4000 men around him . Without any attempt at parley , Nasica charged at the Democrats , with ...
... multitude was thinning out after the election proceed- ings had come to an end , and it is said that the reformer had now no more than 3000 or 4000 men around him . Without any attempt at parley , Nasica charged at the Democrats , with ...
Page 49
... multitude . But the agrarian question had to be fought out , and the contest , if waged with the usual gravity and self - restraint of ancient Roman politics , need not have ended in confiscation without compensation on the one side ...
... multitude . But the agrarian question had to be fought out , and the contest , if waged with the usual gravity and self - restraint of ancient Roman politics , need not have ended in confiscation without compensation on the one side ...
Page 54
... multitude . The only effect of a bitter opposi- tion to him , started by the Optimates , was that he was returned fourth on the list , instead of at the head of the poll . THE CHARACTER OF CAIUS 55 When once launched on the 54 CAIUS ...
... multitude . The only effect of a bitter opposi- tion to him , started by the Optimates , was that he was returned fourth on the list , instead of at the head of the poll . THE CHARACTER OF CAIUS 55 When once launched on the 54 CAIUS ...
Page 59
... multitude , but he also dealt the last death - blow to Italian agriculture . More than any other single man , he was responsible for the growth of that mass of paupers asking for nothing but panem et circenses , which in a few ...
... multitude , but he also dealt the last death - blow to Italian agriculture . More than any other single man , he was responsible for the growth of that mass of paupers asking for nothing but panem et circenses , which in a few ...
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