Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 79
... sent the word round rural Italy that strong arms were needed at Rome . It is said that hundreds of his partisans , disguised as labourers , came up to the city on the day when the Bill was to be brought forward , and that there were ...
... sent the word round rural Italy that strong arms were needed at Rome . It is said that hundreds of his partisans , disguised as labourers , came up to the city on the day when the Bill was to be brought forward , and that there were ...
Page 82
... sent to Gracchus and to Fulvius Flaccus , bidding them repair in person to the Curia in order to give an account of their doings . Frightened at the great armed force around the Senate- house , the Democrats had begun to concentrate on ...
... sent to Gracchus and to Fulvius Flaccus , bidding them repair in person to the Curia in order to give an account of their doings . Frightened at the great armed force around the Senate- house , the Democrats had begun to concentrate on ...
Page 83
... sent back to his father , and told not to come again , unless he brought with him an offer of unconditional surrender . After some futile debating between the leaders of the Democrats , the proposal to capitulate without terms was ...
... sent back to his father , and told not to come again , unless he brought with him an offer of unconditional surrender . After some futile debating between the leaders of the Democrats , the proposal to capitulate without terms was ...
Page 92
... sent out to bear rule in the provinces . These were the lingering Jugurthine troubles [ B.C. 117-105 ] and the dangerous Cimbrian war [ B.C. 113-101 ] . It is unfortunate that while we possess an elaborate ( if not altogether ...
... sent out to bear rule in the provinces . These were the lingering Jugurthine troubles [ B.C. 117-105 ] and the dangerous Cimbrian war [ B.C. 113-101 ] . It is unfortunate that while we possess an elaborate ( if not altogether ...
Page 93
... sent under the yoke . These disasters roused a tempest of wrath at Rome ; public opinion was so strongly excited that under a temporary leader - one Mamilius Limetanus - the people created a Court of High Commission , which raged ...
... sent under the yoke . These disasters roused a tempest of wrath at Rome ; public opinion was so strongly excited that under a temporary leader - one Mamilius Limetanus - the people created a Court of High Commission , which raged ...
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