Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 103
... Metellus gained a great victory over the Carthaginian army under the walls of Panormus , owing to the disorder of the elephants , which charged their own side . The Carthaginians could no longer take the field , and in a short time they ...
... Metellus gained a great victory over the Carthaginian army under the walls of Panormus , owing to the disorder of the elephants , which charged their own side . The Carthaginians could no longer take the field , and in a short time they ...
Page 162
... Metellus . The struggle with the town of Numantia was more serious . The incapable consul , Quintus Pompeius , after several severe de- feats , agreed to come to terms with its invincible inhabitants ; but in fear of the reckoning that ...
... Metellus . The struggle with the town of Numantia was more serious . The incapable consul , Quintus Pompeius , after several severe de- feats , agreed to come to terms with its invincible inhabitants ; but in fear of the reckoning that ...
Page 175
... Metellus , and other men of note were known to favor the cause of reform . Tiberius brooded over the lofty ideals of statesmanship which he had imbibed in the atmosphere around him , and public placards often summoned the grandson of ...
... Metellus , and other men of note were known to favor the cause of reform . Tiberius brooded over the lofty ideals of statesmanship which he had imbibed in the atmosphere around him , and public placards often summoned the grandson of ...
Page 176
... Metellus . He clearly saw that he was a lost man unless he con- tinued indispensable to the people , and that his only course lay in forming fresh plans and introducing still wider reforms . So he proposed that the treasures of Pergamus ...
... Metellus . He clearly saw that he was a lost man unless he con- tinued indispensable to the people , and that his only course lay in forming fresh plans and introducing still wider reforms . So he proposed that the treasures of Pergamus ...
Page 178
... Metellus and Scaevola , in combination with the adherents of Scipio , gained the upper hand , and the land commission , composed now of Gaius Gracchus , Marcus Flaccus , and Gaius Carbo , continued its work . The census fur- nishes the ...
... Metellus and Scaevola , in combination with the adherents of Scipio , gained the upper hand , and the land commission , composed now of Gaius Gracchus , Marcus Flaccus , and Gaius Carbo , continued its work . The census fur- nishes the ...
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