Rome: From the Earliest Times to 44 B.C.P. F. Collier & son, 1913 - 418 pages |
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Page 94
... governors on the other . Regarded from a financial point of view , Carthage stands pre- eminent among the states of antiquity . Polybius calls it the wealth- iest city in the world , and indeed it rivaled the London of our own times ...
... governors on the other . Regarded from a financial point of view , Carthage stands pre- eminent among the states of antiquity . Polybius calls it the wealth- iest city in the world , and indeed it rivaled the London of our own times ...
Page 135
... governor to travel with- out a strong escort . Bound together by all - powerful laws of chivalry , proud of their military honor , fired with a love of war and change , the barbaric Spaniards were utterly devoid of political instinct ...
... governor to travel with- out a strong escort . Bound together by all - powerful laws of chivalry , proud of their military honor , fired with a love of war and change , the barbaric Spaniards were utterly devoid of political instinct ...
Page 136
... governors for two years . On the whole , Spain , notwithstanding its mines both of iron and silver , was a burden rather than a gain to the Roman state ; but probably the chief reason for its retention as a province was the fear that ...
... governors for two years . On the whole , Spain , notwithstanding its mines both of iron and silver , was a burden rather than a gain to the Roman state ; but probably the chief reason for its retention as a province was the fear that ...
Page 155
... governors was of necessity very lax , and the complaints of the governed , unless the severity and rapacity of the pretor had ex- ceeded all ordinary limits , met with but scant attention . Moreover , the governor could not be called to ...
... governors was of necessity very lax , and the complaints of the governed , unless the severity and rapacity of the pretor had ex- ceeded all ordinary limits , met with but scant attention . Moreover , the governor could not be called to ...
Page 156
... governor's provincial office , and , still more , owing to the corrupt servility of those whom he governed , it was a rare thing for governors to return home with clean hands . A wholesome corrective to the abuse of the senatorial power ...
... governor's provincial office , and , still more , owing to the corrupt servility of those whom he governed , it was a rare thing for governors to return home with clean hands . A wholesome corrective to the abuse of the senatorial power ...
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