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The breakdown of the Roman republic : from oligarchy to empire/ Christopher S Mackay.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012, ©2009.Description: ix, 445P.: ill.; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781107657021
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 973.05 MAC
Contents:
1. Historical background -- 2. Tribunate of Ti. Gracchus -- 3. Tribunates of C. Gracchus -- 4. Numidia, senatorial failures, and the rise of C. Marius -- 5. Ascendancy of C. Marius -- 6. The Italian allies, M. Livius Drusus, and the social war -- 7. Sulla, Marius, and civil war -- 8. Roman territorial expansion before the first Mithridatic War -- 9. First Mithridatic War -- 10. Sulla's victory in civil war -- 11. Sulla's settlement -- 12. The 70s B.C. : attacks on the Sullan regime and the rise of Pompey -- 13. Third Mithridatic War, war with the pirates, and the ascendancy of Pompey -- 14. The 60s B.C. : Rome in the absence of Pompey -- 15. Consulship of Cicero -- 16. Consulship of C. Caesar -- 17. Caesar in Gaul -- 18. Last decade of the free republic -- 19. Civil war and Caesar's victory -- 20. Caesar's domination and assassination -- 21. Turmoil after the Ides of March -- 22. Struggle of the warlords -- 23. Final showdown -- 24. The Augustan Settlement and the "restored" republic.
Summary: In this book, Christopher S. 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
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1. Historical background --
2. Tribunate of Ti. Gracchus --
3. Tribunates of C. Gracchus --
4. Numidia, senatorial failures, and the rise of C. Marius --
5. Ascendancy of C. Marius --
6. The Italian allies, M. Livius Drusus, and the social war --
7. Sulla, Marius, and civil war --
8. Roman territorial expansion before the first Mithridatic War --
9. First Mithridatic War --
10. Sulla's victory in civil war --
11. Sulla's settlement --
12. The 70s B.C. : attacks on the Sullan regime and the rise of Pompey --
13. Third Mithridatic War, war with the pirates, and the ascendancy of Pompey --
14. The 60s B.C. : Rome in the absence of Pompey --
15. Consulship of Cicero --
16. Consulship of C. Caesar --
17. Caesar in Gaul --
18. Last decade of the free republic --
19. Civil war and Caesar's victory --
20. Caesar's domination and assassination --
21. Turmoil after the Ides of March --
22. Struggle of the warlords --
23. Final showdown --
24. The Augustan Settlement and the "restored" republic.

In this book, Christopher S. 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

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