Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 60
... remained of the public domains , and commenced once more to plant out farmers on small allotments . This was sheer economic lunacy , for how could farming pay in Central Italy , if the state entered the field as a competitor against the ...
... remained of the public domains , and commenced once more to plant out farmers on small allotments . This was sheer economic lunacy , for how could farming pay in Central Italy , if the state entered the field as a competitor against the ...
Page 84
... remained to defend the barricades , and for some little space there was sharp fighting between the two parties . But the Cretan archers so galled the Democrats that ere long they gave back from their position , and the assailants ...
... remained to defend the barricades , and for some little space there was sharp fighting between the two parties . But the Cretan archers so galled the Democrats that ere long they gave back from their position , and the assailants ...
Page 89
... remained as a permanent curse , pauperising and demoralising the city multitude , and ruining what was left of Italian agriculture . The new equestrian jury- courts sold justice so shamelessly , for the next thirty years , that men ...
... remained as a permanent curse , pauperising and demoralising the city multitude , and ruining what was left of Italian agriculture . The new equestrian jury- courts sold justice so shamelessly , for the next thirty years , that men ...
Page 90
... remained in the hands of the original possessores should be secured to them on condi- tion of their paying a small rent , which was to be employed in subsidising the ever - growing needs of the corn - dole . Lastly , in B.C. III , a ...
... remained in the hands of the original possessores should be secured to them on condi- tion of their paying a small rent , which was to be employed in subsidising the ever - growing needs of the corn - dole . Lastly , in B.C. III , a ...
Page 91
... remained as a permanent check on its omnipotence . Even when the abuse of the law - courts by the knights had grown into a perfect scandal , the Senate refused to commit itself to an attack upon such a powerful body of enemies ...
... remained as a permanent check on its omnipotence . Even when the abuse of the law - courts by the knights had grown into a perfect scandal , the Senate refused to commit itself to an attack upon such a powerful body of enemies ...
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