A History of the Roman RepublicISBN: 978-0-7456-3370-1
Hardcover
368 pages
March 2007, Polity
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Preface
I ROME AND ITALY
The foundation of the city of Rome
The rise of Rome as a major power in Italy
The constitution of the classical Republic
The rise of the nobility
II ROME AND THE MEDITERRANEAN
The war with King Pyrrhus
The First Punic War
Celts and Illyrians
The Second Punic War
The war with the great Hellenistic powers
The vengeful world power and the beginnings of the Roman Empire
III THE CRISIS OF THE REPUBLIC AND ITS CAUSES
Culture and Religion under Greek influence
The monetary economy and its impact
The crisis of the military and agrarian system
The Gracchan reform initiatives
The road to the civil war: Marius and Sulla
The state of the dictator Sulla
IV THE FALL OF THE REPUBLIC
The rise of Pompey
Caesar and the First Triumvirate
From the Gallic War to the Civil War
The state of the dictator Caesar
The lost struggle for the Republic
V. AUGUSTUS: DEFEAT AND FULFILMENT OF THE REPUBLIC
The Second Triumvirate and the struggle for power
Principate and Republic: End and Beginning
APPENDICES
Chronological table
Note on the sources and bibliography
Illustrations Acknowledgements
Index
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