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Title: The Fall of the Roman Republic (Lancaster Pamphlets) by David Shotter ISBN: 0-415-10292-8 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 October, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: A succinct overview of a vital period
Comment: Shotter provides a concise and up-to-date (at the time, bearing in mind it is nearly a decade old now) look at the Fall of the Roman Republic that is invaluable to any student of the period. Indeed it is useful as a general guide to the general reader. Commencing with an explanation of the governemnt of Rome and detailing the concept of the res publica he makes it clear that the republic was divided amongst what he terms the 'aristocratic class' and the plebian. He makes the sweeping statement that the downfall of the republic was caused by the growth of empire and talks of the Social War, the Gracchi and enfranchisement, sweeping on through Marius' reforms to construct a professional standing army to the inevitable conflict between military brilliance as shown under Sulla and oligarchic steadiness as employed by the Senate. A chapter on Pompey focuses on Cicero and Clodius' involvement in the Bona Dea in 61 and Shotter concludes with three chapters on the first triumvirate between Caesar, Pompey and Crassus, Caesar's dictatorship and the second triumvirate of Octavian, Anthony and Lepidus culminating in the battle of Actium in 31. He confirms that this battle is the decisive watershed in the move from republic to empire - though a modern-designated pivotal piece of history. In some respects this admission leads us to realise that whilst modern scholarship neatly splits the Roman domination of the Mediterranean into Republic and Empire, for Rome itself there would have been no such distinction. Indeed, one could argue that the premise of the book is indeed artificial by nature. However, it does allow Shotter to boundary his period of Roman history to 31 and discuss more fundamentally the nature of political power of the time and its shift from oligarchy to principate.
This concise yet fluid discussion on the shift in Rome's power is worth reading as both a general introduction and a more interesting discussion on the nature of political power.
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Title: Augustus Caesar (Lancaster Pamphlets) by David Colin Arthur Shotter ISBN: 0415060486 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Last Generation of the Roman Republic by Erich S. Gruen ISBN: 0520201531 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Fall of the Roman Republic: Six Lives : Marius, Sulla, Crassus, Pompey, Caesar, Cicero (Penguin Classics) by Plutarch, Rex Warner, Robin Seager ISBN: 0140440844 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1954 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Age of Augustus by Werner Eck, Deborah Lucas Schneider, Sarolta A. Takacs ISBN: 0631229582 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Greek World After Alexander, 323-30 BC by Graham Shipley ISBN: 0415046181 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $36.95 |
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