Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 53
... triumvirs of the Land Commission - that family party which had given so much offence to the Optimates . When the powers of the Commission were gradually whittled away , and its judicial duties assigned to the consuls ( who simply ...
... triumvirs of the Land Commission - that family party which had given so much offence to the Optimates . When the powers of the Commission were gradually whittled away , and its judicial duties assigned to the consuls ( who simply ...
Page 190
... triumvirs ; the revelation of his greatness was yet to come . When the triumvirate had been formed , and ( in spite of the opposition of Cato and a few more irreconcilables ) had shown that it could sweep the streets and clear the Forum ...
... triumvirs ; the revelation of his greatness was yet to come . When the triumvirate had been formed , and ( in spite of the opposition of Cato and a few more irreconcilables ) had shown that it could sweep the streets and clear the Forum ...
Page 192
... triumvirs dur- ing their day of power , it is hard to point out very much that can be ascribed to the personal initiative of Crassus . His main aim was to keep in check his ally Pompey , whom he hated no less than of old . That thereby ...
... triumvirs dur- ing their day of power , it is hard to point out very much that can be ascribed to the personal initiative of Crassus . His main aim was to keep in check his ally Pompey , whom he hated no less than of old . That thereby ...
Page 193
... triumvirs who did not try to save Cicero from the worst extreme of exile , by pressing on him an honourable excuse for absence from Rome , in the shape of a legateship or a " free commission " to travel . That the orator himself ...
... triumvirs who did not try to save Cicero from the worst extreme of exile , by pressing on him an honourable excuse for absence from Rome , in the shape of a legateship or a " free commission " to travel . That the orator himself ...
Page 218
... to reconcile two factions at Byzantium which were engaged in civil war . He was to be kept out of Rome as long as the triumvirs and their agent thought necessary . To show that he was CATO IN CYPRUS 219 in disgrace , he was given 218 CATO.
... to reconcile two factions at Byzantium which were engaged in civil war . He was to be kept out of Rome as long as the triumvirs and their agent thought necessary . To show that he was CATO IN CYPRUS 219 in disgrace , he was given 218 CATO.
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