A History of Rome: From 753 B.C. to A.D. 410Methuen, 1935 - 456 pagine |
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Pagina 126
... Gracchus ' plan , therefore , was to transfer the jury - courts to his middle - class friends and so give them , instead of the Senate , the whip - hand over the provincial governors . As a test of eligibility for the panel he had ...
... Gracchus ' plan , therefore , was to transfer the jury - courts to his middle - class friends and so give them , instead of the Senate , the whip - hand over the provincial governors . As a test of eligibility for the panel he had ...
Pagina 128
... Gracchus was more than they dared ; but instead of this they slyly put forward another tribune , Marcus Livius Drusus , to act as a counter- demagogue , and , if possible , outbid Gracchus for the people's favour . Thus , as a set - off ...
... Gracchus was more than they dared ; but instead of this they slyly put forward another tribune , Marcus Livius Drusus , to act as a counter- demagogue , and , if possible , outbid Gracchus for the people's favour . Thus , as a set - off ...
Pagina 129
... Gracchus ' rustic supporters could not leave their farms . He was not re - elected . As soon as his term of office was over the attack on him began . The new consul Opimius moved in the Senate for the cancellation of the Carthaginian ...
... Gracchus ' rustic supporters could not leave their farms . He was not re - elected . As soon as his term of office was over the attack on him began . The new consul Opimius moved in the Senate for the cancellation of the Carthaginian ...
Sommario
LAND AND PEOPLE | 1 |
THE ETRUSCANS AND ROME | 5 |
THE REPUBLIC AND ITS ORDEAL | 14 |
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