A History of Rome from 753 B.C. to A.D. 410Methuen, 1946 - 456 pagine |
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Pagina 141
... consulship ; and when a rival candidate , Memmius , was clubbed to death by democrat roughs , the aristocrats in turn began to arm . As though in preparation for a coup d'état , the two demagogues seized the Capitol . Then , nerving ...
... consulship ; and when a rival candidate , Memmius , was clubbed to death by democrat roughs , the aristocrats in turn began to arm . As though in preparation for a coup d'état , the two demagogues seized the Capitol . Then , nerving ...
Pagina 175
... consulship on which he had set his heart . In reckless desperation he planned ( or is said to have planned ) a secret coup for the following year . On January 1st of 65 the incoming consuls were to be assassinated and the whole country ...
... consulship on which he had set his heart . In reckless desperation he planned ( or is said to have planned ) a secret coup for the following year . On January 1st of 65 the incoming consuls were to be assassinated and the whole country ...
Pagina 245
... consulship had proved unsatis- factory . It imposed certain inconvenient duties at Rome , and it gave him , still more inconveniently , a colleague . Hence- forward he abandoned it and fell back on a vaguer but equally constitutional ...
... consulship had proved unsatis- factory . It imposed certain inconvenient duties at Rome , and it gave him , still more inconveniently , a colleague . Hence- forward he abandoned it and fell back on a vaguer but equally constitutional ...
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LAND AND PEOPLE | 1 |
THE REPUBLIC AND ITS ORDEAL | 14 |
THE CONQUEST OF ITALY | 24 |
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