Caesar and Roman Politics, 60-50 B.C.Using his own translations throughout, James Sabben-Clare here weaves together four hundred excerpts from twenty classical sources plus inscriptions and late authors such as Jordanes to capture the critical decade 60-50 BC. The book captures the intense vitality of the source material, moving in steady chronological progression to produce a rich portrayal of the complex political scene. |
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... Lucius Lucceius , one of my very dearest friends , has asked me to send you unlimited thanks . He says you have been most liberal and extravagant in all your promises to his tax - collectors . . . . All the people of Bullio have made it ...
... Lucius Lucceius , one of my very dearest friends , has asked me to send you unlimited thanks . He says you have been most liberal and extravagant in all your promises to his tax - collectors . . . . All the people of Bullio have made it ...
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... Lucius Cassius in 107 make it appear that he was the aggressor : 108a . OROSIUS 5.15 ( 23 ) Lucius Cassius , the consul in Gaul , pursued the Tigurini to the Ocean , but was surrounded by them in an ambush and killed . 108b . LIVY Per ...
... Lucius Cassius in 107 make it appear that he was the aggressor : 108a . OROSIUS 5.15 ( 23 ) Lucius Cassius , the consul in Gaul , pursued the Tigurini to the Ocean , but was surrounded by them in an ambush and killed . 108b . LIVY Per ...
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... Lucius Cassius and made his army go under the yoke . ( 6 ) So , whether by chance or by divine arrange- ment , the part of Helvetia which had inflicted a major disaster on the Roman people was the first to pay the full penalty . ( 7 ) ...
... Lucius Cassius and made his army go under the yoke . ( 6 ) So , whether by chance or by divine arrange- ment , the part of Helvetia which had inflicted a major disaster on the Roman people was the first to pay the full penalty . ( 7 ) ...
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Caesars consulship | 12 |
Caesars arrangements for the immediate political | 22 |
CAESARS PROVINCIAL COMMAND 333333333 | 33 |
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