Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 47
... already wrought up to such a pitch of wrath by the financial ruin that he had brought upon them , that they readily believed - or pro- fessed to believe - even the wildest of these rumours . Their spokesman , L. Cornelius Scipio Nasica ...
... already wrought up to such a pitch of wrath by the financial ruin that he had brought upon them , that they readily believed - or pro- fessed to believe - even the wildest of these rumours . Their spokesman , L. Cornelius Scipio Nasica ...
Page 68
... already spoken only came to full fruition in the latter year . Caius was now thoroughly well established in power as the people's prime minister : he was commencing to add a whole bundle of standing offices to his main title of tribune ...
... already spoken only came to full fruition in the latter year . Caius was now thoroughly well established in power as the people's prime minister : he was commencing to add a whole bundle of standing offices to his main title of tribune ...
Page 69
... already established in Rome , with nothing wanting save the diadem . During his second tribunate Caius was engaged both in completing his legislation in behalf of the Equites and in developing his great colonial schemes , especially ...
... already established in Rome , with nothing wanting save the diadem . During his second tribunate Caius was engaged both in completing his legislation in behalf of the Equites and in developing his great colonial schemes , especially ...
Page 71
... already in their possession . On the other hand , the main body of the Italian allies were to receive the commercial and civil privileges hitherto confined to the Latins , but were not to be introduced into the tribes , or permitted to ...
... already in their possession . On the other hand , the main body of the Italian allies were to receive the commercial and civil privileges hitherto confined to the Latins , but were not to be introduced into the tribes , or permitted to ...
Page 73
... already seen , was ruined beyond redemption . But the populace had not yet grasped the fact , and the plan seemed to them far more attractive than anything that Caius had pro- posed . Equally popular and equally futile was another bill ...
... already seen , was ruined beyond redemption . But the populace had not yet grasped the fact , and the plan seemed to them far more attractive than anything that Caius had pro- posed . Equally popular and equally futile was another bill ...
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