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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... dynasts through the War of Actium, from the ostensible restoration of the Republic in 27 B.C., or from the new act of settlement four years later, which was final and permanent. Outlasting the friends, the enemies and even the memory of ...
... dynasts through the War of Actium, from the ostensible restoration of the Republic in 27 B.C., or from the new act of settlement four years later, which was final and permanent. Outlasting the friends, the enemies and even the memory of ...
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... holds both for the political dynasts of the closing age of the Republic and for their last soleheir—the rule of Augustus was the rule of a party, and in certainaspects his Principate was a syndicate. In truth, the one term presupposes.
... holds both for the political dynasts of the closing age of the Republic and for their last soleheir—the rule of Augustus was the rule of a party, and in certainaspects his Principate was a syndicate. In truth, the one term presupposes.
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... dynasts Pompeius, Crassus and Caesar to control the State and secure the domination of the most powerful of their number. Motum ex Metello consule civicum bellique causas et vitia et modos ludumque Fortunae gravisque principum amicitias ...
... dynasts Pompeius, Crassus and Caesar to control the State and secure the domination of the most powerful of their number. Motum ex Metello consule civicum bellique causas et vitia et modos ludumque Fortunae gravisque principum amicitias ...
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... dynasts provoked war between class and class. Naked power prevailed.4 Theanger of Heaven against the Roman People was revealed in signal and continuous calamities: the gods had no care for virtue or justice, but intervened only to ...
... dynasts provoked war between class and class. Naked power prevailed.4 Theanger of Heaven against the Roman People was revealed in signal and continuous calamities: the gods had no care for virtue or justice, but intervened only to ...
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... dynasts, their daughters princesses. Marriage with a wellconnected heiress therefore became an act of policy and an aliance of powers, more important than a magistracy, more binding than any compact of oath or interest. Not that women ...
... dynasts, their daughters princesses. Marriage with a wellconnected heiress therefore became an act of policy and an aliance of powers, more important than a magistracy, more binding than any compact of oath or interest. Not that women ...
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