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Rome's revolution death of the republic and birth of the empire

"On March 15th, 44 BC a group of senators stabbed Julius Caesar, the dictator of Rome. By his death, they hoped to restore Rome's Republic. Instead, they unleashed a revolution. By December of that year, Rome was plunged into a violent civil war. Three men--Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian--emerge...

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Main Author: Alston, Richard, 1965-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Series:Ancient warfare and civilization.
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Rome > History > Republic, 265-30 B.C.
Rome > History > Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
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Table of Contents:
  • The historian's problem: the Augustan Paradox
  • Death of a dictator
  • The crisis of the republic
  • Caesar and Pompey
  • Mutina: the last battle of the republic
  • A victory lost: the defeat of the senate
  • The revolution begins
  • Death in Rome
  • The triumvirs' victory
  • The soldiers' peace
  • The triumvirs' wars
  • Antony and Cleopatra: love and its enemies
  • The invention of Augustus
  • The Augustan republic
  • Anarchy and power
  • The Augustan order
  • The imperial monarchy
  • Death of an emperor
  • Timeline
  • Cast of characters
  • Bibliography.

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