Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 36
... passing of the Agrarian Law , which was produced for the third time , and carried in its revised form , with the compensation clauses left out . We have already given its details . It only remains to add that when the three ...
... passing of the Agrarian Law , which was produced for the third time , and carried in its revised form , with the compensation clauses left out . We have already given its details . It only remains to add that when the three ...
Page 41
... passed , he might logically have sung his nunc dimittis and retired into private life , to live down the hatred of the governing classes by proving that at least he had been wholly disinterested in all his actions . But by asking for a ...
... passed , he might logically have sung his nunc dimittis and retired into private life , to live down the hatred of the governing classes by proving that at least he had been wholly disinterested in all his actions . But by asking for a ...
Page 42
... passed completely over the reformer's head ; he was under the impression that he was no revolu- tionary , but merely a good citizen carrying out his obvious duty . The news that Tiberius was canvassing for a second tenure of office ...
... passed completely over the reformer's head ; he was under the impression that he was no revolu- tionary , but merely a good citizen carrying out his obvious duty . The news that Tiberius was canvassing for a second tenure of office ...
Page 52
... passing laws in defiance of the Senate , and in opposition to the Senate's dearest interests . No state can contain ... passed by other hands . Flaccus , who was a genuine enthusiast , but fickle of purpose and lacking in perseverance ...
... passing laws in defiance of the Senate , and in opposition to the Senate's dearest interests . No state can contain ... passed by other hands . Flaccus , who was a genuine enthusiast , but fickle of purpose and lacking in perseverance ...
Page 53
... passed away from the death of Tiberius , and then there arose a man who knew his own mind , who accurately gauged the problems of the time , and saw that not only the social and economic difficulties of Rome , but also the question of ...
... passed away from the death of Tiberius , and then there arose a man who knew his own mind , who accurately gauged the problems of the time , and saw that not only the social and economic difficulties of Rome , but also the question of ...
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