Seven Roman Statesmen of the Later Republic: The Gracchi. Sulla. Crassus. Cato. Pompey. CæsarLongmans, Green, 1902 - 348 pages |
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Page 44
... wished for a fight . When the point was brought up , the partisans of Tiberius raised loud cries of dissent , and such a tumult arose that the presiding tribune , one Rubrius , grew scared and refused to proceed . Then Mummius , the ...
... wished for a fight . When the point was brought up , the partisans of Tiberius raised loud cries of dissent , and such a tumult arose that the presiding tribune , one Rubrius , grew scared and refused to proceed . Then Mummius , the ...
Page 48
... wished to save Rome and her laws to follow him to the Capitol . So saying he girt up his toga , and cast the purple border of it over his head , that all might see his rank . He rushed into the street followed by many scores of the ...
... wished to save Rome and her laws to follow him to the Capitol . So saying he girt up his toga , and cast the purple border of it over his head , that all might see his rank . He rushed into the street followed by many scores of the ...
Page 50
... on the Capitol had had another result , he might ultimately have become that which his enemies declared that he wished to be the tyrant of Rome . CHAPTER III CAIUS GRACCHUS IN studying the career of Tiberius 50 TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
... on the Capitol had had another result , he might ultimately have become that which his enemies declared that he wished to be the tyrant of Rome . CHAPTER III CAIUS GRACCHUS IN studying the career of Tiberius 50 TIBERIUS GRACCHUS.
Page 67
... wished . " How harmful to the state were these " things which they wished " may be seen from the case of the Asiatic taxes . Since their annexation in B.C. 133 , or rather since their rescue from the hands of the rebel Aristonicus in ...
... wished . " How harmful to the state were these " things which they wished " may be seen from the case of the Asiatic taxes . Since their annexation in B.C. 133 , or rather since their rescue from the hands of the rebel Aristonicus in ...
Page 69
... wished to carry out that liberal extension of the citizenship to the Italian allies which had been growing more and more of a necessity during the last fifty years . Tiberius Gracchus , if we may trust Velleius , had broached the idea ...
... wished to carry out that liberal extension of the citizenship to the Italian allies which had been growing more and more of a necessity during the last fifty years . Tiberius Gracchus , if we may trust Velleius , had broached the idea ...
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