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Violence in Republican Rome [Paperback]

Andrew Lintott (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0198152825 | ISBN-13: 978-0198152828 | Publication Date: December 23, 1999 | Edition: Revised

This book examines the roots of violence in Roman Republican law and society and the growth of violence in city war and the power of armies. It discusses political conflict, violence, military insurrection, and authoritarian government of the Republic.

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Andrew Lintott is at Worcester College, Oxford.

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Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Revised edition (December 23, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0198152825
ISBN-13: 978-0198152828
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,296,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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THOUGH the corruption of politics by violence has long been recognized as a major factor in the fall of the Roman Republic, it has rarely received separate investigation. Read the first page

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provocatio laws, ultimate decree, consultum ultimum, iudicium populi, agrarian bill, urban plebs, consular elections, agrarian legislation, social war

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Livy Per, Caecilia Didia, Appius Claudius, Scipio Nasica, Metellus Nepos, Popillius Laenas, Julius Caesar, Tiberius Gracchus, Calpurnius Piso, Shackleton Bailey, Voting Districts, Metellus Numidicus, Roman Republic, Servius Tullius, Valerius Maximus, Foreign Clientelae, Mons Sacer, Mucius Scaevola

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This book cites 9 books:

The Roman Revolution by Ronald Syme on page 3, page 53, and Back Matter
Scipio Aemilianus by a E Astin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
The Roman Republic (Sutton Pocket Histories) by Andrew Lintott in Front Matter, and Back Matter
Roman Republican Coinage (in two volumes) by Michael H. Crawford on page 55
The Civil Wars (Penguin Classics) by Appian on page 180

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