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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... Piso from getting the province of Syria.3 But the great triumph was Cato's, and the greater delusion. The leader of the had fought against the consuls and tribunes of Pompeius Magnus, mocked the flaunting victories over effeminate ...
... Piso from getting the province of Syria.3 But the great triumph was Cato's, and the greater delusion. The leader of the had fought against the consuls and tribunes of Pompeius Magnus, mocked the flaunting victories over effeminate ...
Page iii
... Gaul was soon added. Further, the three rulers designated consuls for the next year, L. Calpurnius Piso, a cultivated aristocrat with no marked political activities, and A. Gabinius, a Pompeian partisan superiorinability to.
... Gaul was soon added. Further, the three rulers designated consuls for the next year, L. Calpurnius Piso, a cultivated aristocrat with no marked political activities, and A. Gabinius, a Pompeian partisan superiorinability to.
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... Piso. Gabinius and Piso in their turn received important military provinces, Syria and Macedonia, through special laws. Gabinius and Piso were the most conspicuous, but not the only adherents of the dynasts, whose influence decided the ...
... Piso. Gabinius and Piso in their turn received important military provinces, Syria and Macedonia, through special laws. Gabinius and Piso were the most conspicuous, but not the only adherents of the dynasts, whose influence decided the ...
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... Piso. When hostilities were imminent, Piso offered to mediate between Caesar and Pompeius; and during the Civil Wars he did notabate his sincere efforts in the cause of concord. So much for the : before long, most of the Pompeian ...
... Piso. When hostilities were imminent, Piso offered to mediate between Caesar and Pompeius; and during the Civil Wars he did notabate his sincere efforts in the cause of concord. So much for the : before long, most of the Pompeian ...
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... Piso thwarted that move, but was unable or unwilling to save the Caesarian C. Sallustius Crispus, a young man from the Sabine country who had plunged intopolitics, a tribune conspicuous among the opponents of the under the third ...
... Piso thwarted that move, but was unable or unwilling to save the Caesarian C. Sallustius Crispus, a young man from the Sabine country who had plunged intopolitics, a tribune conspicuous among the opponents of the under the third ...
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