I, ClaudiusKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1989 M10 23 - 480 páginas Considered an idiot because of his physical infirmities, Claudius survived the intrigues and poisonings of the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, and the Mad Caligula to become emperor in 41 A.D. A masterpiece. |
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... province that had lately been quiet and docile . But when the contingent assembled it happened that the tax ... provinces between Macedonia and the Alps was in a blaze . Fortunately Tiberius was able to con- clude a peace with ...
... province that had lately been quiet and docile . But when the contingent assembled it happened that the tax ... provinces between Macedonia and the Alps was in a blaze . Fortunately Tiberius was able to con- clude a peace with ...
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... provinces himself and paid them a substantial salary and saw to it that they did not divert any of the Imperial revenues into their own pockets . Taxes were paid directly to them , no longer farmed out to unprincipled tax - collecting ...
... provinces himself and paid them a substantial salary and saw to it that they did not divert any of the Imperial revenues into their own pockets . Taxes were paid directly to them , no longer farmed out to unprincipled tax - collecting ...
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... provinces , which were governed by nominees of the Senate , were not nearly so well off as the frontier- provinces governed by Augustus's nominees . This comparison provided one of the few plausible arguments that I ever heard advanced ...
... provinces , which were governed by nominees of the Senate , were not nearly so well off as the frontier- provinces governed by Augustus's nominees . This comparison provided one of the few plausible arguments that I ever heard advanced ...
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I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born B.C. 10 ... Robert Graves Vista de fragmentos - 1934 |
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