A Compendium of the History of All Nations: Exhibiting a Concise View of the Origin, Progress, Decline and Fall of the Most Considerable Empires, Kingdoms, and States of the World, from the Earliest Times to the Present Period. Interspersed with a Short Account of the Prevailing Religions. Ornamented with a Frontispiece... and Three Other Plates |
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... death of this cele- brated lawgiver , the order of the Ephiri was instituted : five magistrates were annually elected by the people , and invested with extensive powers , to keep the senate 52 History of all Nations ,
... death of this cele- brated lawgiver , the order of the Ephiri was instituted : five magistrates were annually elected by the people , and invested with extensive powers , to keep the senate 52 History of all Nations ,
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... senate in awe . The strictest economy , severity of discipline , public spirit , attention to the education of youth , and disinterested concern for the prosperity of neighbouring states , distinguished the Spartan nation . This , with ...
... senate in awe . The strictest economy , severity of discipline , public spirit , attention to the education of youth , and disinterested concern for the prosperity of neighbouring states , distinguished the Spartan nation . This , with ...
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... senate , alarmed at this general revolt , abated their former rigour , eased the burdens of the people , and to ... senator of austere and inflexible virtue , more particularly incurred their resentment . The tribunes summoned him to a ...
... senate , alarmed at this general revolt , abated their former rigour , eased the burdens of the people , and to ... senator of austere and inflexible virtue , more particularly incurred their resentment . The tribunes summoned him to a ...
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... senate were founded . To supply this defect in government , commissioners were appointed to bring from Athens , in Greece , the laws of Solon , that such of them might be adopted as suited the present constitution of the Ro- man ...
... senate were founded . To supply this defect in government , commissioners were appointed to bring from Athens , in Greece , the laws of Solon , that such of them might be adopted as suited the present constitution of the Ro- man ...
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... senate . - Caius Gracchus , pursuing the same step , shared the fate of his brother . The Numi- dian war , which commenced b . C. 111 , and lasted five years , affording many instances of the injustice , insolence , and shocking ...
... senate . - Caius Gracchus , pursuing the same step , shared the fate of his brother . The Numi- dian war , which commenced b . C. 111 , and lasted five years , affording many instances of the injustice , insolence , and shocking ...
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