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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... political history, as the binding link between the Republic and the Empire: it is something real and tangible, whatever may be the name or theory of the constitution. To that end, the space (and significance) allotted to the biographies ...
... political history, as the binding link between the Republic and the Empire: it is something real and tangible, whatever may be the name or theory of the constitution. To that end, the space (and significance) allotted to the biographies ...
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... political freedom, averts civil war and preserves the non political classes. Liberty or stable government: that was the duestion confronting the Romans themselves, and I have tried toanswer it preciseЖain their fashion (chapter xxxiii ...
... political freedom, averts civil war and preserves the non political classes. Liberty or stable government: that was the duestion confronting the Romans themselves, and I have tried toanswer it preciseЖain their fashion (chapter xxxiii ...
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... political terminology and of the realities of Roman political life has sometimes induced historians to fancy that the Principate of Caesar Augustus was genuinely Republican in spirit and in practice—a modern and academic failing ...
... political terminology and of the realities of Roman political life has sometimes induced historians to fancy that the Principate of Caesar Augustus was genuinely Republican in spirit and in practice—a modern and academic failing ...
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... political activity when he raised up Caesar's heir against Antonius. The last year of Cicero's life, full of glory and eloquenceno doubt, was ruinous to the Roman People. Posterity, generous in oblivion, regards with indulgence both the ...
... political activity when he raised up Caesar's heir against Antonius. The last year of Cicero's life, full of glory and eloquenceno doubt, was ruinous to the Roman People. Posterity, generous in oblivion, regards with indulgence both the ...
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Ronald Syme. 2underneath. An enemy of Octavianus, Pollio had withdrawn from political life soon after 40 B.C., and he ... political dynasts of the closing age of the Republic and for their last soleheir—the rule of Augustus was the rule ...
Ronald Syme. 2underneath. An enemy of Octavianus, Pollio had withdrawn from political life soon after 40 B.C., and he ... political dynasts of the closing age of the Republic and for their last soleheir—the rule of Augustus was the rule ...
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