Thursday, June 25, 2009
RANDOM E BRITANNICA
DRUSES, MARCUS LIVIUS- patrician during gracch + in tribunal w/ caius gracchus 122bc. provided 12 colonies in italy for gracchus. consulship 112bc. macedonia his province. d 109bc.
DRUSES, MARCUS LIVIUS- son of above. in politics early. rich + lavished gifts an city. tribune 91bc blah blah character hard to decifer to some, uncrupulous + selfish(GEORGEE! jr.), others ablest + wisest of roman demagogues, a questor in asia, he refused to wear the robes of the offices 'ne quid ips esset insignius" when summoned before senate, he bids the to come to him, "they will find me in curia hostilia" + they came. he had good, needed reforms. his measures may have prevented civil war( not georgee)
DRY ROT- disease of timber, apparently infectious. blah blah
DRUSES, MARCUS LIVIUS- patrician during gracch + in tribunal w/ caius gracchus 122bc. provided 12 colonies in italy for gracchus. consulship 112bc. macedonia his province. d 109bc.
DRUSES, MARCUS LIVIUS- son of above. in politics early. rich + lavished gifts an city. tribune 91bc blah blah character hard to decifer to some, uncrupulous + selfish(GEORGEE! jr.), others ablest + wisest of roman demagogues, a questor in asia, he refused to wear the robes of the offices 'ne quid ips esset insignius" when summoned before senate, he bids the to come to him, "they will find me in curia hostilia" + they came. he had good, needed reforms. his measures may have prevented civil war( not georgee)
DRY ROT- disease of timber, apparently infectious. blah blah
