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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... Pompeian consul Pupius 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 ...
... Pompeian consul Pupius 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 ...
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... 1 Transalpine 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.
... 1 Transalpine 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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Ronald Syme. political activities, and A. Gabinius, a Pompeian partisan superiorinability to Afranius. Pompeius had sealed the pact by taking in marriage Caesar's daughter, Julia; and Caesar now married a daughter of Piso. Gabinius and ...
Ronald Syme. political activities, and A. Gabinius, a Pompeian partisan superiorinability to Afranius. Pompeius had sealed the pact by taking in marriage Caesar's daughter, Julia; and Caesar now married a daughter of Piso. Gabinius and ...
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... Pompeian general Afranius and the orator Cicero, pathetically loyal to a leader of whose insincerity he could recall such palpable and painful testimony. The party of the Republic was no place for a : the Lentuli were synonymous with ...
... Pompeian general Afranius and the orator Cicero, pathetically loyal to a leader of whose insincerity he could recall such palpable and painful testimony. The party of the Republic was no place for a : the Lentuli were synonymous with ...
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... Pompeian cause in Africa and in Spain. 'They would have it thus,' said Caesar as he gazed upon the Roman dead at Pharsalus, halfin patriot grieffor the havoc of civil war, halfin impatience and resentment.1 They had cheated Caesar of ...
... Pompeian cause in Africa and in Spain. 'They would have it thus,' said Caesar as he gazed upon the Roman dead at Pharsalus, halfin patriot grieffor the havoc of civil war, halfin impatience and resentment.1 They had cheated Caesar of ...
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