 A History of the Roman Republic
ISBN: 978-0-7456-3370-1
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368 pages
April 2007, Polity
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* CONTENTS
* 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
* 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
