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A History of the Roman Republic

ISBN: 978-0-7456-3371-8
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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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