Swords against the Senate: The Rise of the Roman Army and the Fall of the Republic (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Swords against the Senate This text describes the first three decades of Rome's century-long civil war - a war that transformed it from a republic to an imperial autocracy, from the Rome of citizen leaders to the Rome of decadent emperor thugs.
Full description- Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc
- Published: 12 November 2003
- Format: Paperback 256 pages
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- Categories: European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9780306812798 ISBN 10: 0306812797
- Sales rank: 463,415
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Full description for Swords against the Senate
Personal intrigue, treachery, and occasional moral virtue vie in ancient Rome-undisputed ruler of the world, but fatally unable to control its own citizens or army. In the first century B.C., Rome was the ruler of a vast empire. Yet at the heart of the Republic was a fatal flaw: a dangerous hostility between the aristocracy and the plebians, each regarding itself as the foundation of Rome's military power. Turning from their foreign enemies, Romans would soon be fighting Romans.Swords Against the Senate describes the first three decades of Rome's century-long civil war that transformed it from a republic to an imperial autocracy, from the Rome of citizen leaders to the Rome of decadent emperor thugs. As the republic came apart amid turmoil, Gaius Marius, the "people's general," rose to despotic power only to be replaced by the brutal dictator Sulla. The Roman army, once invincible against foreign antagonists, became a tool for the powerful, and the Roman Senate its foe.
