Before Augustus : the collapse of the Roman Republic / Natale. Barca.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barca, Natale, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Havertown, PA : Casemate Publishers, [2023]

Summary:

Based on a study of ancient sources and contemporary literature, this is a fast paced and compelling new account of the tempestuous last century of the Roman Republic.The political process that culminated in the transition from Republic to Empire in ancient Rome began with the military reform of Caius Marius in the last decades of the 2nd century BC. Following the Civil War and Sulla's dictatorship, it developed further with the First Triumvirate of Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus, and two further civil wars. These wars, which saw Caesar pitted against Pompey, and Octavian fighting Anthony, ended in 27 BC with the rise to power of Octavian, the adoptive son of Caesar.Before Augustus outlines a summary of the last years of the Roman Republic, weaving together the military, political, and social aspects. Scholar Natale Barca sets the protagonists within the complex societal and political system that they operated, analyzing their actions, and the epic battles that ensued.

Contents:

Caesar

Friends and enemies

Caesar favors a rapprochement between

Crassus and Pompey

The triumviral pact

The Julian laws of 59

Cicero

Dark clouds gather

Clodius the tribune

Cato is removed from Rome

A three-step strategy

The Gallic War explodes

Gang warfare

The exile's return

The Lucca agreement

The military intervention in Egypt

The suppression of the uprising in Armorica and the conquest of the southwest

The first landing in Britannia

A bridge over the Rhine

The second landing in Britannia

A crisis explodes on the banks of the Rhine

The end of the triumvirate

Caesar's friction with the senate

The situation turns on itself

Crossing the Rubicon

Outbreak of Civil War

Pharsalus

The Alexandrian War and conquest of the Cimmerian Bosphorus

The African campaign

The Spanish campaign

An Ephebe on the victor's chariot

More than a dictator for life, almost a king

Cleopatra in Rome

Twenty-three stab wounds

One day in March in Apollonia

The second triumvirate

Philippi

New theaters of war

Octavian, the final winner

Octavian becomes the Princeps, the Augustus.

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ISBN:

9781636242330

1636242332

OCLC:

1389808915