Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 87
... already seen , it is still more impossible to explain his career by representing him as a single - hearted friend of the people , who thought nothing of himself , and only aimed at regenerating the Roman state . Ambition , revenge , the ...
... already seen , it is still more impossible to explain his career by representing him as a single - hearted friend of the people , who thought nothing of himself , and only aimed at regenerating the Roman state . Ambition , revenge , the ...
Page 89
... already pointed out ) when the Asiatics got their first chance of revolt , in the days of King Mithradates , they rose like one man and massacred 80,000 Roman citizens in a single day . But the two really valuable remedies for the ills ...
... already pointed out ) when the Asiatics got their first chance of revolt , in the days of King Mithradates , they rose like one man and massacred 80,000 Roman citizens in a single day . But the two really valuable remedies for the ills ...
Page 100
... already over - great power of the Equites in the law - courts . But there was a most original novelty included in the Appu- leian Law the reckless tribune subjoined to it a clause compelling every senator to swear obedience to the whole ...
... already over - great power of the Equites in the law - courts . But there was a most original novelty included in the Appu- leian Law the reckless tribune subjoined to it a clause compelling every senator to swear obedience to the whole ...
Page 113
... already enjoyed was the act of the most un- scrupulous demagogy . Sulpicius , as it would seem , was a man from whom such legislation might be expected.1 We have no unbiassed account of his character and his plans , but the records 1 ...
... already enjoyed was the act of the most un- scrupulous demagogy . Sulpicius , as it would seem , was a man from whom such legislation might be expected.1 We have no unbiassed account of his character and his plans , but the records 1 ...
Page 121
... already the " luck " on which he was so fond of insisting made itself felt . He won golden opinions in the Cimbric war while serving under the Consul Catulus . In B.C. 93 he at last obtained the praetorship , and in the following year ...
... already the " luck " on which he was so fond of insisting made itself felt . He won golden opinions in the Cimbric war while serving under the Consul Catulus . In B.C. 93 he at last obtained the praetorship , and in the following year ...
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