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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... revolutionary process. Emphasis is laid, however, not upon the personality and acts of Augustus, but upon his adherents and partisans. The composition of the oligarchy of government therefore emerges as the dominant theme of political ...
... revolutionary process. Emphasis is laid, however, not upon the personality and acts of Augustus, but upon his adherents and partisans. The composition of the oligarchy of government therefore emerges as the dominant theme of political ...
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... revolutionary age, they were willing to acquiesce, if not actively to share, in the shaping of the new government which a united Italy and a stable empire demanded and imposed. The rule of Augustus brought manifold blessings to Rome ...
... revolutionary age, they were willing to acquiesce, if not actively to share, in the shaping of the new government which a united Italy and a stable empire demanded and imposed. The rule of Augustus brought manifold blessings to Rome ...
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... revolutionary leader arose in civil strife, usurped power for himselfand his faction, transformed a faction into a national party, and a tornand distracted land into a nation, with a stable and enduring government. The tale has often ...
... revolutionary leader arose in civil strife, usurped power for himselfand his faction, transformed a faction into a national party, and a tornand distracted land into a nation, with a stable and enduring government. The tale has often ...
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... revolutionary period could be written without being anapologia for Cicero or for Octavianus—or for both at once. A section of it was so written by C. Asinius Pollio, in a Roman and Republican spirit. That was tradition, inescapable. The ...
... revolutionary period could be written without being anapologia for Cicero or for Octavianus—or for both at once. A section of it was so written by C. Asinius Pollio, in a Roman and Republican spirit. That was tradition, inescapable. The ...
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... revolutionary leader is fantastic and unrealiftold without some indication of the composition of the faction he led, of the personality, actions and influence of the principal among his partisans. In allages, whatever the form and name ...
... revolutionary leader is fantastic and unrealiftold without some indication of the composition of the faction he led, of the personality, actions and influence of the principal among his partisans. In allages, whatever the form and name ...
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