Before Augustus.
The collapse of the Roman Republic
At the beginning of the "Gracchan" period (133-121 BC) the public life of the Roman Republic (509-27 BC) started to dramatically decline due to new changes which created political instability.
At the beginning of the "Gracchan" period (133-121 BC) the public life of the Roman Republic (509-27 BC) started to dramatically decline due to new changes which created political instability. The roman people split between the Optimates and the Populists and from that point, faction fighting and civil war became incessant and were intertwined with foreign wars. The constitutional order and the political system broke after a sequence of seemingly endless collective tragedies that shook the society and the government. The "long night" concluded with a definitive victory by Octavian in the Battle of Actium (31 BC). Octavian adopted the title of Augustus and this singled the end of the public unrest and the start of the Roman Principate and the birth of the Roman Empire (27 BC).
The book takes place within this context, addressing the political history of the first and second Triumvirate. Some of the highlights of this work include: the exile of Cicero, the Gallic Wars, the first Romans to arrive in Britannia, the battle of Carrhae, the assassination of Clodius, Cesar's victories in the Second Civil War, the assassination of Pompey, the senate conspiracy against Cesar, the final settlement between Octavian and Antonio, the affair and the politics of Antonio and Cleopatra.
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At the beginning of the "Gracchan" period (133-121 BC) the public life of the Roman Republic (509-27 BC) started to dramatically decline due to new changes which created political instability.
| Pages | 384 |
| Publisher | Casemate Publishers, Havertown (Philadelphia), PA, USA |
| Year | 2023 |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9781636242323 |
| Volume characteristics | Hardback 9x6 inches B/W and color |