Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 71
... taken into the Roman state , but the numerous colonies with " Latin rights , " i.e. the jus connubii and jus commercii , which were scattered all over Italy . They only wanted the power to vote in the Comitia to make them full citizens ...
... taken into the Roman state , but the numerous colonies with " Latin rights , " i.e. the jus connubii and jus commercii , which were scattered all over Italy . They only wanted the power to vote in the Comitia to make them full citizens ...
Page 77
... taken from him , and he would soon be obliged to give an account of all his doings . At last the fatal day came round , and Caius ceased to be the sacrosanct representative of the Roman people , and became once more a private citizen ...
... taken from him , and he would soon be obliged to give an account of all his doings . At last the fatal day came round , and Caius ceased to be the sacrosanct representative of the Roman people , and became once more a private citizen ...
Page 82
... taken command of a body of Cretan mercenaries who chanced to be passing through the city , and had ordered a general muster of the clients and retainers of his friends . They were a formidable band , and , with the magistrates at their ...
... taken command of a body of Cretan mercenaries who chanced to be passing through the city , and had ordered a general muster of the clients and retainers of his friends . They were a formidable band , and , with the magistrates at their ...
Page 86
... taken out the brains and filled the cavity with lead , in order to defraud the consul . But how could the man have gone through this elaborate and disgusting operation in the crowded street , encompassed by the other pursuers who had ...
... taken out the brains and filled the cavity with lead , in order to defraud the consul . But how could the man have gone through this elaborate and disgusting operation in the crowded street , encompassed by the other pursuers who had ...
Page 90
... taken to close the various avenues by which individuals had hitherto found it possible to slip into the citizen body . As to the Agrarian Law , which Tiberius had framed and Caius had re - enacted , the Senate did not formally repeal it ...
... taken to close the various avenues by which individuals had hitherto found it possible to slip into the citizen body . As to the Agrarian Law , which Tiberius had framed and Caius had re - enacted , the Senate did not formally repeal it ...
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