The end of the Roman Republic 146 to 44 BC : conquest and crisis

The end of the Roman Republic 146 to 44 BC : conquest and crisis /

"A crucial and turbulent century. By 146, Rome had established itself as the leading Mediterranean power. Over the next century, it consolidated its power into an immense territorial empire. At the same time, the internal balance of power shifted dramatically, as a narrow ruling elite was chall...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Steel, C. E. W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, 2013
Series:Edinburgh history of ancient Rome.
Subjects:
Punic War, 3rd, 149-146 B.C.
Rome > History > Republic, 265-30 B.C.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The crises of the later second century BC
  • Domestic politics: violence and its accommodation
  • Imperial power: failure and control
  • The social war, civil war and the imposition of a new order
  • The limits of autocracy
  • The end of the Republic, 70-44 BC
  • Imperial expansion: novelty and success
  • Elite competition, popular discontent and the failure of collective government.

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