The Last Generation Of The Roman Republic
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Author | : Erich S. Gruen |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 628 |
Release | : 1995-02-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520201538 |
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Includes new introduction dated July 1994.
Author | : Erich S. Gruen |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 626 |
Release | : 2023-11-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520342038 |
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Available for the first time in paperback, with a new introduction that reviews related scholarship of the past twenty years, Erich Gruen's classic study of the late Republic examines institutions as well as personalities, social tensions as well as politics, the plebs and the army as well as the aristocracy.
Author | : Karl-J. Hölkeskamp |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2010-04-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0691140383 |
Download Reconstructing the Roman Republic Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In recent decades, scholars have argued that the Roman Republic's political culture was essentially democratic in nature, stressing the central role of the 'sovereign' people and their assemblies. Karl-J. Hölkeskamp challenges this view in Reconstructing the Roman Republic, warning that this scholarly trend threatens to become the new orthodoxy, and defending the position that the republic was in fact a uniquely Roman, dominantly oligarchic and aristocratic political form. Hölkeskamp offers a comprehensive, in-depth survey of the modern debate surrounding the Roman Republic. He looks at the ongoing controversy first triggered in the 1980s when the 'oligarchic orthodoxy' was called into question by the idea that the republic's political culture was a form of Greek-style democracy, and he considers the important theoretical and methodological advances of the 1960s and 1970s that prepared the ground for this debate. Hölkeskamp renews and refines the 'elitist' view, showing how the republic was a unique kind of premodern city-state political culture shaped by a specific variant of a political class. He covers a host of fascinating topics, including the Roman value system; the senatorial aristocracy; competition in war and politics within this aristocracy; and the symbolic language of public rituals and ceremonies, monuments, architecture, and urban topography. Certain to inspire continued debate, Reconstructing the Roman Republic offers fresh approaches to the study of the republic while attesting to the field's enduring vitality.
Author | : Ronald Syme |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 2002-08-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0191647187 |
Download The Roman Revolution Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The 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.
Author | : Nathan Rosenstein |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 769 |
Release | : 2011-09-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1444357204 |
Download A Companion to the Roman Republic Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This Companion provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Roman Republican history as it is currently practiced. Highlights recent developments, including archaeological discoveries, fresh approaches to textual sources, and the opening up of new areas of historical study Retains the drama of the Republic’s rise and fall Emphasizes not just the evidence of texts and physical remains, but also the models and assumptions that scholars bring to these artefacts Looks at the role played by the physical geography and environment of Italy Offers a compact but detailed narrative of military and political developments from the birth of the Roman Republic through to the death of Julius Caesar Discusses current controversies in the field
Author | : Edward J. Watts |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2018-11-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0465093825 |
Download Mortal Republic Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Learn why the Roman Republic collapsed -- and how it could have continued to thrive -- with this insightful history from an award-winning author. In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. For centuries, even as Rome grew into the Mediterranean's premier military and political power, its governing institutions, parliamentary rules, and political customs successfully fostered negotiation and compromise. By the 130s BC, however, Rome's leaders increasingly used these same tools to cynically pursue individual gain and obstruct their opponents. As the center decayed and dysfunction grew, arguments between politicians gave way to political violence in the streets. The stage was set for destructive civil wars -- and ultimately the imperial reign of Augustus. The death of Rome's Republic was not inevitable. In Mortal Republic, Watts shows it died because it was allowed to, from thousands of small wounds inflicted by Romans who assumed that it would last forever.
Author | : Erich S. Gruen |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1996-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780520204836 |
Download Studies in Greek Culture and Roman Policy Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Gruen studies the Hellenization of Rome during the middle Republic years, where changes in arts, religion and philosophy, and politics altered Roman public life by introducing Greek learning.
Author | : Tom Holland |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 2007-12-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 030742751X |
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A vivid historical account of the social world of Rome as it moved from republic to empire. In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small border river called the Rubicon and plunged Rome into cataclysmic civil war. Tom Holland’s enthralling account tells the story of Caesar’s generation, witness to the twilight of the Republic and its bloody transformation into an empire. From Cicero, Spartacus, and Brutus, to Cleopatra, Virgil, and Augustus, here are some of the most legendary figures in history brought thrillingly to life. Combining verve and freshness with scrupulous scholarship, Rubicon is not only an engrossing history of this pivotal era but a uniquely resonant portrait of a great civilization in all its extremes of self-sacrifice and rivalry, decadence and catastrophe, intrigue, war, and world-shaking ambition.
Author | : Harriet I. Flower |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 519 |
Release | : 2014-06-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107032245 |
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This second edition examines all aspects of Roman history, and contains a new introduction, three new chapters and updated bibliographies.
Author | : Christopher S. Mackay |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012-06-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781107657021 |
Download The Breakdown of the Roman Republic Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In this book, Christopher Mackay recounts the last century of the Roman Republic in a readable, narrative treatment. Within this narrative he analyzes the breakdown of the traditional Republican form of government as a result of the administrative and political crises brought about by the Roman conquest of the Mediterranean basin in the Middle Republic. He also shows how the many reforms instituted by Augustus, which effectively created the new imperial form of government, were a reaction to the failings of the Republic. Illustrated with an extensive collection of coin images that document the changes in contemporary political ideology, this volume also focuses on the political significance of the key personalities, including Marius, Sulla, and Caesar, who played a large role in the events that lead to the demise of the Roman Republic.