Failure of the Roman Republic

Klappentext R. E. Smith attempts to explain and interpret the failure of the Roman Republic in the first century BC. Zusammenfassung In this 1955 study! R. E. Smith attempts to explain and interpret the failure of the Roman Republic in the first century BC! showing how the failure came about! and what its effects were upon the spirit of the society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. Rome, 200-140 B.C.: Introduction; 1. The political unity; 2. The social unity; 3. Religion, thought and literature; 4. Naevius, Ennius and Roman epic; Part II. The Consequences of Victory: 5. Foreign policy; 6. Provincial policy; 7. Rome and Italy; 8. The problem of imperial responsibility; Part III. The Political Disruption: 9. The Gracchan intervention; 10. The character of post-Gracchan history; 11. The political disruption - Sulla; 12. The political disruption - Pompeius and Caesar; Part IV. The Consequences of Disintegration: 13. The social consequences; 14. The religious consequences; 15. The Italian countryside; 16. Literature and thought; Conclusion; Notes; Chronological table; Select bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: R. E. Smith, R.e. Smith
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.02.2012
• EAN: 9781107642010
• ISBN: 978-1-107-64201-0
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory