ENGLISH

The Roman Republic

By Michael Crawford

Book information

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN
9780007385263, 9780006862505
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1076504 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2025-04-19 06:33:25

Description

Between the Sack of Rome by the Gauls in 390 BC and the middle of the second century BC, a part-time army of Roman peasants, under the leadership of the ruling oligarchy, conquered first Italy and then the whole of the Mediterranean. The loyalty of these marauding heroes, and of the Roman population as a whole, to their leaders was assured by a share in the rewards of victory, rewards which became steadily less accessible as the empire expanded – promoting a decline in loyalty of cataclysmic proportions. Wars, rural impoverishments, civil discord and slavery are a few of the subjects covered in this study.

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