The History of Rome from 753 B.C. to A.D. 410Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1941 - 456 pagine |
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... CRASSUS In character these two men were a complete contrast . Crassus was a born schemer , quick - witted , persuasive , and perfectly unscrupulous . During the Sullan proscriptions he had bought up property cheap , and when prices ...
... CRASSUS In character these two men were a complete contrast . Crassus was a born schemer , quick - witted , persuasive , and perfectly unscrupulous . During the Sullan proscriptions he had bought up property cheap , and when prices ...
Pagina 165
... Crassus owed their position to the democratic vote ; and , though Crassus was characteristically anxious to keep in with the Senate , he could scarcely resist the wishes of his equestrian friends . The repeal of the Sullan constitution ...
... Crassus owed their position to the democratic vote ; and , though Crassus was characteristically anxious to keep in with the Senate , he could scarcely resist the wishes of his equestrian friends . The repeal of the Sullan constitution ...
Pagina 198
... Crassus himself was treacherously cut down at a parley . When the messengers of the victory reached King Orodes ' court , the Bacchae of Euri- pides was being performed ; and in place of the dummy head of the mythological Pentheus , the ...
... Crassus himself was treacherously cut down at a parley . When the messengers of the victory reached King Orodes ' court , the Bacchae of Euri- pides was being performed ; and in place of the dummy head of the mythological Pentheus , the ...
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CHAPTER PAGE I LAND AND PEOPLE I | 1 |
THE ETRUSCANS AND ROME | 5 |
THE REPUBLIC AND ITS ORDEAL | 14 |
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