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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... Italy and a stable empire demanded and imposed. The rule of Augustus brought manifold blessings to Rome, Italy and the provinces. Yet the new dispensation, or 'novus status', was the work of fraud and bloodshed, based upon the seizure ...
... Italy and a stable empire demanded and imposed. The rule of Augustus brought manifold blessings to Rome, Italy and the provinces. Yet the new dispensation, or 'novus status', was the work of fraud and bloodshed, based upon the seizure ...
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... Italy. Others, however, grasped at the spoils of empire, as in powerful companies farming the taxes of the provinces and as bankers dominating finance, commerceand industry. The were the fine flower of the equestrian order, the ornament ...
... Italy. Others, however, grasped at the spoils of empire, as in powerful companies farming the taxes of the provinces and as bankers dominating finance, commerceand industry. The were the fine flower of the equestrian order, the ornament ...
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... Italy and in regions not directly concerned with Roman political life. Whether he held authority from the State or not, he could thus raise an army on his own initiative and resources. The soldiers, now recruited from the poorest ...
... Italy and in regions not directly concerned with Roman political life. Whether he held authority from the State or not, he could thus raise an army on his own initiative and resources. The soldiers, now recruited from the poorest ...
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... Italian allies were dragged into Roman dissensions. The tribune M. Livius Drusus hoped to enlist them on the side of ... Italy had barely ended. The Samnites, Sulla's enemy and Rome's, had been extirpated; and the other Sabellic peoples ...
... Italian allies were dragged into Roman dissensions. The tribune M. Livius Drusus hoped to enlist them on the side of ... Italy had barely ended. The Samnites, Sulla's enemy and Rome's, had been extirpated; and the other Sabellic peoples ...
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... Italy. Then a of two generals (70 B.C.), restoring the tribunate, destroyed Sulla's system but left the nominally in power. They wereable to repel and crush the attempt of the patrician demagogue L. Sergius Catilinato raisea revolution ...
... Italy. Then a of two generals (70 B.C.), restoring the tribunate, destroyed Sulla's system but left the nominally in power. They wereable to repel and crush the attempt of the patrician demagogue L. Sergius Catilinato raisea revolution ...
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