The Roman History of Appian of Alexandria: The civil warsG. Bell, 1899 |
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... gave the signal . There was a sudden shout from those who saw it , and a resort to violence in consequence . Some of the partisans of Gracchus took position around him like body - guards . Others , having girded themselves , seized the ...
... gave the signal . There was a sudden shout from those who saw it , and a resort to violence in consequence . Some of the partisans of Gracchus took position around him like body - guards . Others , having girded themselves , seized the ...
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... gave rise to another struggle of factions , which lasted a long time and was not less baneful than the former ones . 23. Gracchus made long roads throughout Italy and thus put a multitude of contractors and artisans under obligations to ...
... gave rise to another struggle of factions , which lasted a long time and was not less baneful than the former ones . 23. Gracchus made long roads throughout Italy and thus put a multitude of contractors and artisans under obligations to ...
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... 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.
... 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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... gave the larger share to the Italian allies the city people were not pleased with it . 30. Sedition broke out in the comitia . Those who at- tempted to prevent the passage of the laws proposed by the tribunes were assaulted by ...
... gave the larger share to the Italian allies the city people were not pleased with it . 30. Sedition broke out in the comitia . Those who at- tempted to prevent the passage of the laws proposed by the tribunes were assaulted by ...
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... gave rise to new seditions under more powerful leaders , who did not work by introducing new laws , or by playing the dema- gogue , but by employing whole armies against each other . I have treated it in this history because it had its ...
... gave rise to new seditions under more powerful leaders , who did not work by introducing new laws , or by playing the dema- gogue , but by employing whole armies against each other . I have treated it in this history because it had its ...
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