The Roman RevolutionThe Roman Revolution is a profound and unconventional treatment of a great theme - the fall of the Republic and the decline of freedom in Rome between 60 BC and AD 14, and the rise to power of the greatest of the Roman Emperors, Augustus. The transformation of state and society, the violent transference of power and property, and the establishment of Augustus' rule are presented in an unconventional narrative, which quotes from ancient evidence, refers seldomly to modern authorities, and states controversial opinions quite openly. The result is a book which is both fresh and compelling. |
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... aristocracy, they all became deeply imbued with the traditional spirit of that order; and all were preoccupied with the fall of Libertas and the defeat of the governing class. Though symbolized for all time in the Battle of Philippi, it ...
... aristocracy, they all became deeply imbued with the traditional spirit of that order; and all were preoccupied with the fall of Libertas and the defeat of the governing class. Though symbolized for all time in the Battle of Philippi, it ...
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... aristocracy was broken at Philippi. The parties of Pompeius and of Caesar had hardly been strong or coherent enough to seize control of the whole State and form a government. That was left to Caesar's heir, at the. INTRODUCTION: AUGUSTUS ...
... aristocracy was broken at Philippi. The parties of Pompeius and of Caesar had hardly been strong or coherent enough to seize control of the whole State and form a government. That was left to Caesar's heir, at the. INTRODUCTION: AUGUSTUS ...
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... aristocracy. Yet the old framework and categories subsist: a monarchy rules through an oligarchy. Subject and treatment indicated, it remains to choose a date for the beginning. The breach between Pompeius and Caesar and the outbreak of ...
... aristocracy. Yet the old framework and categories subsist: a monarchy rules through an oligarchy. Subject and treatment indicated, it remains to choose a date for the beginning. The breach between Pompeius and Caesar and the outbreak of ...
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... aristocracy within the patriciate itself, being the so-called gentes maiores. On the patrician gentes, cf. Mommsen, Römische Forschungen 13 (1864), 69 ft. * M. Gelzer, Die Nobilität der r. Republik (1912), 35 f.; A. Gwosdz, Der Begriff ...
... aristocracy within the patriciate itself, being the so-called gentes maiores. On the patrician gentes, cf. Mommsen, Römische Forschungen 13 (1864), 69 ft. * M. Gelzer, Die Nobilität der r. Republik (1912), 35 f.; A. Gwosdz, Der Begriff ...
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... aristocracy rather than in the lower. It is all too easy to tax the Roman nobility in the last epoch of its rule with vice and corruption, obscurantism and oppression. The knights must not be left out of the indictment. Among the old ...
... aristocracy rather than in the lower. It is all too easy to tax the Roman nobility in the last epoch of its rule with vice and corruption, obscurantism and oppression. The knights must not be left out of the indictment. Among the old ...
Contents
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V THE CAESARIAN PARTY | 61 |
VI CAESARS NEW SENATORS | 78 |
VII THE CONSUL ANTONIUS | 97 |
VIII CAESARS HEIR | 112 |
XX TOTA ITALIA | 276 |
XXI DUX | 294 |
XXII PRINCEPS | 313 |
XXIII CRISIS IN PARTY AND STATE | 331 |
XXIV THE PARTY OF AUGUSTUS | 349 |
XXV THE WORKING OF PATRONAGE | 369 |
XXVI THE GOVERNMENT | 387 |
XXVII THE CABINET | 406 |
IX THE FIRST MARCH ON ROME | 123 |
X THE SENIOR STATESMAN | 135 |
XL POLITICAL CATCHWORDS | 149 |
XII THE SENATE AGAINST ANTONIUS | 162 |
XIII THE SECOND MARCH ON ROME | 176 |
XIV THE PROSCRIPTIONS | 187 |
XV PHILIPPI AND PERUSIA | 202 |
XVI THE PREDOMINANCE OF ANTONIUS | 214 |
XVII THE RISE OF OCTAVIANUS | 227 |
XVIII ROME UNDER THE TRIUMVIRS | 243 |
XIX ANTONIUS IN THE EAST | 259 |
XXVIII THE SUCCESSION | 419 |
XXIX THE NATIONAL PROGRAMME | 440 |
XXX THE ORGANIZATION OF OPINION | 459 |
XXXI THE OPPOSITION | 476 |
XXXII THE DOOM OF THE NOBILES | 490 |
XXXIII PAX ET PRINCEPS | 509 |
THE CONSULS | 525 |
LIST OF WORKS REFERRED TO | 530 |
INDEX | 535 |
GENEALOGICAL TABLES | 569 |
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