Author:
Sampson, Gareth C. author.
ImprintBarnsley, South Yorkshire ; Havertown, PA : Pen & Sword Military, 2019.
Descriptionxx, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note:The collapse and recovery of the Roman Republic (146-70 BC) -- An outbreak of peace?: political reform and the 'new" republic (69-64 BC) -- The Sullan legacy and the Second Civil War (64-62 BC) -- A stronger republic?: the shadow of the triumvirate (62-59 BC) -- Bloody chaos: the tribunates of Clodius and Milo (58-56 BC) -- The rise and fall of the "triumviral republic" (55-52 BC) -- The rise and fall of the "Pompeian republic" (52-49 BC) -- A new model: the rise and fall of the Caesarian republic (49-44 BC) -- The ghost of Caesar and the bloody rise of the triumviral republic (44-42 BC) -- The rise and fall of the triumviral republics: from Philippi to Actium (42-27 BC) -- Conclusion: the Roman evolution and the search for stability -- Appendix I. The butcher's bill: murdered Roman politicians (70-27 BC) -- Appendix II. Who were the tribunes? (70-27 BC) -- Appendix III. When is a civil war not a civil war?
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-333) and index.
Note:"Following the First Civil War the Roman Republic was able to rebuild itself and restore stability. Yet the problems which had plagued the previous seventy years of the Republic, of political reform being met with violence and bloodshed, had not been resolved and once again resumed. Men such as Catiline and Clodius took up the mantle of reform which saw Rome paralysed with domestic conflict and ultimately bloodshed and murder. In the search for stability, the Roman system produced a series of military dynasts; men such as Pompey, Crassus and Caesar, who strove to bring stability to Rome. Ultimately this led to the Republic's collapse into a second and third civil war and the end of the old Republican system. In its place was the Principate, a new Republic founded on the promise of peace and stability at home and end to the decades of bloodshed. Gareth Sampson analyses the various reforming politicians, their policies and opponents and the violence and bloodshed that resulted. He charts the Republic's collapse into further civil wars and the new system that rose from the ashes." --Provided by publisher.
