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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Page 58
... Brutus might well have been a Caesarian - neither he nor Caesar were predestined partisans of Pompeius . Servilia reared her son to hate Pompeius , schemed for the Caesarian alliance and designed that Brutus should marry Caesar's ...
... Brutus might well have been a Caesarian - neither he nor Caesar were predestined partisans of Pompeius . Servilia reared her son to hate Pompeius , schemed for the Caesarian alliance and designed that Brutus should marry Caesar's ...
Page 203
... Brutus and Cassius now took counsel for war . Even when Antonius joined Lepidus and Plancus , Brutus may not have abandoned all hope of an accommodation -- with East and West so evenly matched between Republicans and Caesarians , the ...
... Brutus and Cassius now took counsel for war . Even when Antonius joined Lepidus and Plancus , Brutus may not have abandoned all hope of an accommodation -- with East and West so evenly matched between Republicans and Caesarians , the ...
Page 206
... Brutus.3 They had once been friends . As Antonius gazed in sorrow upon the Roman dead , the tragedy of his own life may have risen to his thoughts . Brutus had divined it - Antonius , he said , might have been numbered with Cato , with ...
... Brutus.3 They had once been friends . As Antonius gazed in sorrow upon the Roman dead , the tragedy of his own life may have risen to his thoughts . Brutus had divined it - Antonius , he said , might have been numbered with Cato , with ...
Contents
THE ROMAN OLIGARCHY | 10 |
THE DOMINATION OF POMPEIUS | 28 |
CAESAR THE DICTATOR | 47 |
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