Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi, Sulla, Crassus, Cato, Pompey, CaesarE. Arnold, 1903 - 348 pages |
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Page 127
... veteran legions , which had served with him throughout the cam- paigns of B.C. 90–88 , and had won so many successes over the Samnites . With this force he thought that he could master all the Asiatic hordes of Mithradates ; nor , as ...
... veteran legions , which had served with him throughout the cam- paigns of B.C. 90–88 , and had won so many successes over the Samnites . With this force he thought that he could master all the Asiatic hordes of Mithradates ; nor , as ...
Page 128
... veteran legions - some 30,000 men at most - and a moderate supply of money . He had supposed that he might look for a regular supply of recruits and subsidies from the Optimate government which he had left behind him at Rome . He found ...
... veteran legions - some 30,000 men at most - and a moderate supply of money . He had supposed that he might look for a regular supply of recruits and subsidies from the Optimate government which he had left behind him at Rome . He found ...
Page 137
... veterans could be utilised for the ap- proaching invasion of Italy . Having completely pacified the East , and carried out in its entirety the programme which he had set before himself when he left Rome in B.C. 87 , Sulla now turned his ...
... veterans could be utilised for the ap- proaching invasion of Italy . Having completely pacified the East , and carried out in its entirety the programme which he had set before himself when he left Rome in B.C. 87 , Sulla now turned his ...
Page 140
... veterans accustomed to the plunder of the East . Wherever he came , he announced that there was full amnesty and pardon for every one who did not actually appear in arms against him . This conduct had the most marked effect on the ...
... veterans accustomed to the plunder of the East . Wherever he came , he announced that there was full amnesty and pardon for every one who did not actually appear in arms against him . This conduct had the most marked effect on the ...
Page 155
... veterans in Etruria and Samnium , on the lands of the cities which he had destroyed for obstinate adherence to the Democratic cause . But he can hardly have expected his colonies to prove economic successes , considering the character ...
... veterans in Etruria and Samnium , on the lands of the cities which he had destroyed for obstinate adherence to the Democratic cause . But he can hardly have expected his colonies to prove economic successes , considering the character ...
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