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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... alliance of Pompeius and Caesar.2When Pollio set outto narrate the history of the Roman Revolution he began, not with the crossing of the Rubicon, but with the compact of 60 B.C., devised by the political dynasts Pompeius, Crassus and ...
... alliance of Pompeius and Caesar.2When Pollio set outto narrate the history of the Roman Revolution he began, not with the crossing of the Rubicon, but with the compact of 60 B.C., devised by the political dynasts Pompeius, Crassus and ...
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... alliance with groups of financiers, through patronage exercised in the lawcourts and ties of personal allegiance contracted in every walk of life, the political dynast might win influence not merely in Rome but in the country-towns of ...
... alliance with groups of financiers, through patronage exercised in the lawcourts and ties of personal allegiance contracted in every walk of life, the political dynast might win influence not merely in Rome but in the country-towns of ...
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... alliance with houses of the plebeianaristocracy. The greatest of those families had earned or confirmed their title of nobility by command in war against the Samnites and the Carthaginians: some had maintained it since then, others had ...
... alliance with houses of the plebeianaristocracy. The greatest of those families had earned or confirmed their title of nobility by command in war against the Samnites and the Carthaginians: some had maintained it since then, others had ...
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... alliance with Sulla. Q. Metellus Pius led an army to victory for Sulla and became consul with him in 80 B.C. The Dictator himself had taken a Metella to wife. The next pair of consuls (P. Servilius Vatia and Appius Claudius Pulcher) ...
... alliance with Sulla. Q. Metellus Pius led an army to victory for Sulla and became consul with him in 80 B.C. The Dictator himself had taken a Metella to wife. The next pair of consuls (P. Servilius Vatia and Appius Claudius Pulcher) ...
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... alliance of stubborn spirit and political craft which his ancestor used to break the power of a monarchic patrician family, the Scipiones. and , the prerogative of the aristocracy,5were now being monopolized by one man. Something more ...
... alliance of stubborn spirit and political craft which his ancestor used to break the power of a monarchic patrician family, the Scipiones. and , the prerogative of the aristocracy,5were now being monopolized by one man. Something more ...
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