Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 39
... tribune from office . Tiberius , knowing that he was technically guilty , had no wish to face such a trial . He made an elaborate apologia for all that he had done in a speech which shows strong traces of his studies in the field of ...
... tribune from office . Tiberius , knowing that he was technically guilty , had no wish to face such a trial . He made an elaborate apologia for all that he had done in a speech which shows strong traces of his studies in the field of ...
Page 40
... tribune who injures the sovereign people can no longer be sacred and inviolable because of the investiture which the people gave him . He has destroyed the power in which alone his strength lay . " All this , and much more to the same ...
... tribune who injures the sovereign people can no longer be sacred and inviolable because of the investiture which the people gave him . He has destroyed the power in which alone his strength lay . " All this , and much more to the same ...
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... tribune dealing directly with the sovereign people , the Senate became a useless wheel in the engine . But it seems probable that all these facts passed completely over the reformer's head ; he was under the impression that he was no ...
... tribune dealing directly with the sovereign people , the Senate became a useless wheel in the engine . But it seems probable that all these facts passed completely over the reformer's head ; he was under the impression that he was no ...
Page 44
... tribune , one Rubrius , grew scared and refused to proceed . Then Mummius , the successor of the deposed Octavius , tried to take over the charge of the meeting , declaring that he saw no difficulty , and was prepared to go on with the ...
... tribune , one Rubrius , grew scared and refused to proceed . Then Mummius , the successor of the deposed Octavius , tried to take over the charge of the meeting , declaring that he saw no difficulty , and was prepared to go on with the ...
Page 45
... tribune set out , accompanied by a mass of his supporters . We are told that all the omens were very dismal that morning ; the sacred chickens had refused to eat ; Tiberius stumbled on his own door- step and cut his foot ; crows ...
... tribune set out , accompanied by a mass of his supporters . We are told that all the omens were very dismal that morning ; the sacred chickens had refused to eat ; Tiberius stumbled on his own door- step and cut his foot ; crows ...
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