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1. 1. The Fall Of The Roman Republic

   

   A concise narrative of the late Roman Republic that traces how longstanding social and economic tensions, partisan struggles between populares and optimates, and the erosion of legal and constitutional norms combined with the rise of ambitious military commanders to undermine senatorial authority. The book follows key figures and episodes—from agrarian crises and political violence through the careers of Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Crassus and Caesar to the civil wars and the eventual emergence of Octavian—arguing that personal ambition, clientage networks, and soldiers’ loyalty to generals rather than the state converted political rivalry into sustained instability. Shotter emphasizes institutional failures, the loss of republican values, and the cumulative effect of crises that made autocratic rule increasingly attractive and, ultimately, inevitable.

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