The Roman Republic

The Roman Republic
Michael Crawford

Between the Sack of Rome by the Gauls in 390 BC and the middle of the second century BC, a part-time army of Roman peasants, under the leadership of the ruling oligarchy, conquered first Italy and then the whole of the Mediterranean.The loyalty of these marauding heroes, and of the Roman population as a whole, to their leaders was assured by a share in the rewards of victory, rewards which became steadily less accessible as the empire expanded – promoting a decline in loyalty of cataclysmic proportions. Wars, rural impoverishments, civil discord and slavery are a few of the subjects covered in this study.

MICHAEL CRAWFORD

THE ROMAN REPUBLIC

SECOND EDITION

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Contents

Cover (#u05f8d855-bea7-5d90-8b15-df5ba87118d8)

Title Page (#ub1bc3717-b1f1-5299-8545-90f090473a2c)

Copyright (#u00004d8b-0310-56f9-af1a-e3db5913f30d)

Preface (#ulink_a0db6081-bccb-522b-a88d-d433bb0d51ce)

Historical Introduction (#u1eda48af-1e6c-539a-806b-4cbf2f5d16b7)

I The Sources (#uea1812fa-df0e-5d6e-931b-e0b1093c0c1b)

II Italy and Rome (#u9574ec0e-5a1b-5108-8fe1-1386c57decea)

III The Roman Governing Classes (#u5c562c54-949f-55dc-a6e9-0039e6c67da8)

IV The Conquest of Italy (#u3139aacf-9189-56c5-974b-2b773ded6991)

V From Italian Power to Mediterranean Power (#uedfb32e4-d86d-5f0e-965b-b55492a77ce5)

VI The Conquest of the East (#u9cfbfdb3-f9dd-5ea0-9401-69f6e2fab834)

VII The Consequences of Empire – The Governing Classes (#litres_trial_promo)

VIII The Imperial Power (#litres_trial_promo)

IX The Consequences of Empire–The Governed (#litres_trial_promo)

X Reform and Revolution (#litres_trial_promo)

XI Rome and Italy (#litres_trial_promo)

XII The End of Consensus (#litres_trial_promo)

XIII The World Turned Upside Down (#litres_trial_promo)

XIV The Embattled Oligarchy (#litres_trial_promo)

XV The Military Dynasts (#litres_trial_promo)

Epilogue (#litres_trial_promo)

Appendices (#litres_trial_promo)

1 The Roman Assemblies (#litres_trial_promo)

2 The Roman Army (#litres_trial_promo)

3 Equites (#litres_trial_promo)

4 The Special Commands (#litres_trial_promo)

Maps (#litres_trial_promo)

1 Central Italy (#litres_trial_promo)

2 Italy (#litres_trial_promo)

3 The Eastern Mediterranean (#litres_trial_promo)

4 The Western Mediterranean (#litres_trial_promo)

Date Chart (#litres_trial_promo)

Further Reading (#litres_trial_promo)

Indices (#litres_trial_promo)