Bringmann, Klaus (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main)
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A major new history of the Roman republic written by an expert in the field. The first all round general textbook on the Roman republic, clearly and accessibly written. A coherent and authoritative synthesis of this period in Roman history. * A major new history of the Roman republic written by an expert in the field. * The first all-round general textbook on the Roman republic, clearly and accessibly written. * A coherent and authoritative synthesis of this period in Roman history. Preface
vii
Illustration Acknowledgements
ix
1 Rome and Italy
1
The foundation of the city of Rome
1
The rise of Rome into the leading power in Italy
19
The constitution of the classical Republic
37
The rise of the nobility
48
2 Rome and the Mediterranean
57
The war with King Pyrrhus
60
The First Punic War
64
Celts and Illyrians
71
The Second Punic War
73
The war with the great Hellenistic powers
85
The vengeful Weltmacht and the beginnings of the Roman Empire
95
3 The Crisis of the Republic and its Causes
112
Culture and religion under Greek influence
114
The monetary economy and its impact
122
The crisis of the military and agrarian system
136
The Gracchan reform initiatives
147
The road to the civil war: Marius and Sulla
167
The state of the dictator Sulla
194
4 The Fall of the Republic
205
The rise of Pompey
208
Caesar and the First Triumvirate
229
From the Gallic War to the civil war
236
The state of the dictator Caesar
262
The lost struggle for the Republic
280
5 Augustus: Defeat and Fulfilment of the Republic
295
The Second Triumvirate and the struggle for power
295
The Augustan constitutional settlement
304
Chronological Table
322
Note on the Sources and Bibliography
326
Index
343
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