The Roman History of Appian of Alexandria: The civil warsG. Bell, 1899 |
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... asked them whether it was not just to divide among the common people what belonged to them in common ; whether a citizen was not worthy of more consideration at all times than a slave ; whether a man who served in the army was not more ...
... asked them whether it was not just to divide among the common people what belonged to them in common ; whether a citizen was not worthy of more consideration at all times than a slave ; whether a man who served in the army was not more ...
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... asking each one separately to elect him tribune for the ensuing year , on account of the danger he had incurred for them . When the voting took place the first two tribes pronounced for Gracchus . The 1 This was an unconstitutional ...
... asking each one separately to elect him tribune for the ensuing year , on account of the danger he had incurred for them . When the voting took place the first two tribes pronounced for Gracchus . The 1 This was an unconstitutional ...
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... to speak to him for some other reason , and asked him to spare his country . Gracchus , still more dis- turbed , and startled like one detected in a crime , gave the Y.R. B C. 633 man a piercing look . Then § 23-25 ] 19 THE CIVIL WARS.
... to speak to him for some other reason , and asked him to spare his country . Gracchus , still more dis- turbed , and startled like one detected in a crime , gave the Y.R. B C. 633 man a piercing look . Then § 23-25 ] 19 THE CIVIL WARS.
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... asked Sulla to give them time for consideration . He understood the trick and gave them one hour , and meanwhile piled fagots around their walls , which were made of wood , and at the expiration of the hour set them on fire . They were ...
... asked Sulla to give them time for consideration . He understood the trick and gave them one hour , and meanwhile piled fagots around their walls , which were made of wood , and at the expiration of the hour set them on fire . They were ...
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... asked him why he was marching with armed forces against his country . " To deliver her from her tyrants , " he replied . He gave the same answer to a second and a third embassy that came to him , one after another , but he announced to ...
... asked him why he was marching with armed forces against his country . " To deliver her from her tyrants , " he replied . He gave the same answer to a second and a third embassy that came to him , one after another , but he announced to ...
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