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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Ronald Syme. II. THE. ROMAN. OLIGARCHY. WHEN the patricians expelled the kings from Rome, they were careful to retain the ... Roman knights. Of the latter, in the main deriving from the localaristocracies, the holders of property, power and ...
Ronald Syme. II. THE. ROMAN. OLIGARCHY. WHEN the patricians expelled the kings from Rome, they were careful to retain the ... Roman knights. Of the latter, in the main deriving from the localaristocracies, the holders of property, power and ...
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... Roman politics were the work of families or of a few men. A small party, zealous for reform—or rather, perhaps, from ... Roman knights, converted into a ruinous political force by the tribune C. Gracchus when he set them in control of ...
... Roman politics were the work of families or of a few men. A small party, zealous for reform—or rather, perhaps, from ... Roman knights, converted into a ruinous political force by the tribune C. Gracchus when he set them in control of ...
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... knights could claim notitle of civic virtue, no share in the splendourand pride of the governing class. For that surrender they were scorned by senators. They did not mind.1 Some lived remote and secure in the enjoyment of hereditary ...
... knights could claim notitle of civic virtue, no share in the splendourand pride of the governing class. For that surrender they were scorned by senators. They did not mind.1 Some lived remote and secure in the enjoyment of hereditary ...
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... knights would therefore arrest revolution—or even reform, for these men could not be expected to have a personal ... Roman State through the re-establishment of the peasant farmer. Among the victims of their enmity will be reckoned Lucullus, ...
... knights would therefore arrest revolution—or even reform, for these men could not be expected to have a personal ... Roman State through the re-establishment of the peasant farmer. Among the victims of their enmity will be reckoned Lucullus, ...
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... knights against the , but later widened to a and embraced But it was an ideal rather than a programme: there was no Ciceronian party. The Roman politician had to be the leader of a faction. Cicero fell short of that eminence both when a ...
... knights against the , but later widened to a and embraced But it was an ideal rather than a programme: there was no Ciceronian party. The Roman politician had to be the leader of a faction. Cicero fell short of that eminence both when a ...
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