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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... faction, transformed a faction into a national party, and a torn and distracted land into a nation, with a stable and enduring government. The tale has often been told, with an inevitability of events and culmination, either melancholy ...
... faction, transformed a faction into a national party, and a torn and distracted land into a nation, with a stable and enduring government. The tale has often been told, with an inevitability of events and culmination, either melancholy ...
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... faction he led, of the personality, actions and influence of the principal among his partisans. In all ages, whatever the form and name of government, be it monarchy, republic, or democracy, an oligarchy lurks behind the façade; and ...
... faction he led, of the personality, actions and influence of the principal among his partisans. In all ages, whatever the form and name of government, be it monarchy, republic, or democracy, an oligarchy lurks behind the façade; and ...
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... faction-leaders as they were called, the Free State perished in their open strife. Augustus is the heir of Caesar. * Thus Tacitus, writing imperial history in the spirit and categories of the Republic, begins his Annals with the words ...
... faction-leaders as they were called, the Free State perished in their open strife. Augustus is the heir of Caesar. * Thus Tacitus, writing imperial history in the spirit and categories of the Republic, begins his Annals with the words ...
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... faction among the nobiles had opened the gates. Cicero would have preserved both dignity and peace of mind had not ambition and vanity blinded him to the true causes of his own elevation.5 The political life of the Roman Republic was ...
... faction among the nobiles had opened the gates. Cicero would have preserved both dignity and peace of mind had not ambition and vanity blinded him to the true causes of his own elevation.5 The political life of the Roman Republic was ...
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... faction. Cicero fell short of that eminence both when a consul and when a consular, or senior statesman, through lack of familyconnexions and clientela. Within the framework of the Roman constitution, beside the consulate, was another ...
... faction. Cicero fell short of that eminence both when a consul and when a consular, or senior statesman, through lack of familyconnexions and clientela. Within the framework of the Roman constitution, beside the consulate, was another ...
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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