Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 95
... legions at his back ; the democracy for the first time was armed with sword and shield , and did not depend on the stones and staves of riotous mobs . If external troubles had not intervened there must have been a political explosion of ...
... legions at his back ; the democracy for the first time was armed with sword and shield , and did not depend on the stones and staves of riotous mobs . If external troubles had not intervened there must have been a political explosion of ...
Page 96
... legions of raw recruits to defend the frontiers of Gaul . For the originators of all the stress and turmoil , the great mass of migratory bands whom we vaguely know under the name of the Cimbri and Teutons , had thrust aside the lesser ...
... legions of raw recruits to defend the frontiers of Gaul . For the originators of all the stress and turmoil , the great mass of migratory bands whom we vaguely know under the name of the Cimbri and Teutons , had thrust aside the lesser ...
Page 109
... sturdy yeomen of the Apennine valleys were individually better men than the town - bred legions whom the consuls , Lucius Cæsar and Rutilius Lupus , led against them . It must be confessed , however , that the Romans fought.
... sturdy yeomen of the Apennine valleys were individually better men than the town - bred legions whom the consuls , Lucius Cæsar and Rutilius Lupus , led against them . It must be confessed , however , that the Romans fought.
Page 113
... legions in the field , was to follow on a mere per- sonal rivalry for a military command . A tribune named Sulpicius Rufus , to whom the mantle of Saturninus had descended , was busy in formulating some new reforms of second - rate ...
... legions in the field , was to follow on a mere per- sonal rivalry for a military command . A tribune named Sulpicius Rufus , to whom the mantle of Saturninus had descended , was busy in formulating some new reforms of second - rate ...
Page 114
... with a considerable body of legions during the Italian war , and had fought with success against the rebels , though he had not gained any very striking SULPICIUS ATTACKS SULLA 115 victories . He felt that he 114 FROM THE GRACCHI TO SULLA.
... with a considerable body of legions during the Italian war , and had fought with success against the rebels , though he had not gained any very striking SULPICIUS ATTACKS SULLA 115 victories . He felt that he 114 FROM THE GRACCHI TO SULLA.
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