Mortal republic : how Rome fell into tyranny / Edward J. Watts.
Mortal republic : how Rome fell into tyranny / Edward J. Watts.
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, 2018.
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G 2019/0045
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English
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Physical content
vii, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Autocratic freedom -- The new world order -- Empire and inequality -- The politics of frustration -- The rise of the outsider -- The republic breaks -- Rebuilding amidst the wreckage -- The republic of the mediocre -- Stumbling towards dictatorship -- The birth and death of Caesar's republic -- The...
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
"In 22 BC, amid a series of natural disasters and political and economic crises, a mob locked Rome's senators into the Senate House and threatened to burn them alive if they did not make Augustus dictator. Why did Rome--to this day one of the world's longest-lived republics--exchange freedom for autocracy? Mortal Republic is a new history of the fa...
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Mortal republic : how Rome fell into tyranny / Edward J. Watts.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2018
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G 2019/0045
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74VKVjOXvyRZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVjOXvyRZ
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ISBN
9780465093816 (hardcover)
0465093817
DDC
937.05
MMS ID
991024210058902626
