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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... ROME X. THE SENIOR STATESMAN XI. POLITICAL CATCHWORDS XII. THE SENATE AGAINST ANTONIUS XIII. THE SECOND MARCH ON ROME XIV. THE PROSCRIPTIONS XV. PHILIPPI AND PERUSIA XVI. THE PREDOMINANCE OF ANTONIUS XVII. THE RISE OF OCTAVIANUS XVIII. ROME ...
... ROME X. THE SENIOR STATESMAN XI. POLITICAL CATCHWORDS XII. THE SENATE AGAINST ANTONIUS XIII. THE SECOND MARCH ON ROME XIV. THE PROSCRIPTIONS XV. PHILIPPI AND PERUSIA XVI. THE PREDOMINANCE OF ANTONIUS XVII. THE RISE OF OCTAVIANUS XVIII. ROME ...
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... Rome had ever enjoyed it. The survivors of the old governing class, shattered in spirit, gave up the contest. Compensated by the solid benefits of peace and by the apparent termination of the revolutionary age, they were willing to ...
... Rome had ever enjoyed it. The survivors of the old governing class, shattered in spirit, gave up the contest. Compensated by the solid benefits of peace and by the apparent termination of the revolutionary age, they were willing to ...
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... Rome were usually impoverished or idealistic nobles, that they found support in the higher ranks of the aristocracy rather than in the lower. It is all too easy to tax the Roman nobility in the lastepoch of its rule with vice and ...
... Rome were usually impoverished or idealistic nobles, that they found support in the higher ranks of the aristocracy rather than in the lower. It is all too easy to tax the Roman nobility in the lastepoch of its rule with vice and ...
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... Rome in the name of freedom and justice. On the supervened civil war. The party led by Marius, Cinnaand Carbo was ... Rome's, had been extirpated; and the other Sabellic peoples of the Apennine were broken and reduced. But Etruria ...
... Rome in the name of freedom and justice. On the supervened civil war. The party led by Marius, Cinnaand Carbo was ... Rome's, had been extirpated; and the other Sabellic peoples of the Apennine were broken and reduced. But Etruria ...
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... Rome's empireand to their own ruin. As an oligarchy is not a figment of political theory, a specious fraud, or a ... Rome about twenty or thirty men, drawn from a dozen dominant families, hold a monopoly of office and power. From time to ...
... Rome's empireand to their own ruin. As an oligarchy is not a figment of political theory, a specious fraud, or a ... Rome about twenty or thirty men, drawn from a dozen dominant families, hold a monopoly of office and power. From time to ...
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