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The Roman Revolution

Ronald Syme

How did Augustus turn a violent transfer of power and property into lasting rule, and who made it work?

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Author
Ronald Syme

Why read it

  • You will see Augustus's rule as the revolution's last stage, after power and property had changed hands by force
  • You will learn to look past the great man to the adherents and partisans who actually shared power
  • You will question the flattering picture of Augustus, since the author deliberately takes a critical attitude toward him

Who it is for

  • A history reader curious how the Republic became an empire
  • A student of political elites and consolidating power
  • Someone who distrusts tidy stories about founders

Contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. NOTE TO SECOND IMPRESSION
  3. I. INTRODUCTION: AUGUSTUS AND HISTORY
  4. II THE ROMAN OLIGARCHY
  5. III. THE DOMINATION OF POMPEIUS
  6. IV. CAESAR THE DICTATOR
  7. V. THE CAESARIAN PARTY
  8. VI. CAESAR’S NEW SENATORS
  9. VII THE CONSUL ANTONIUS
  10. VIII. CAESAR’S HEIR
  11. IX. THE FIRST MARCH ON ROME
  12. X. THE SENIOR STATESMAN
  13. XI. POLITICAL CATCHWORDS
  14. XII. THE SENATE AGAINST ANTONIUS
  15. XIII. THE SECOND MARCH ON ROME
  16. XIV. THE PROSCRIPTIONS
  17. XV. PHILIPPI AND PERUSIA
  18. XVI. THE PREDOMINANCE OF ANTONIUS
  19. XVII. THE RISE OF OCTAVIANUS
  20. XVIII. ROME UNDER THE TRIUMVIRS
  21. XIX. ANTONIUS IN THE EAST
  22. XX. TOTA ITALIA
  23. XXI. DUX
  24. XXII. PRINCEPS
  25. XXIII. CRISIS IN PARTY AND STATE
  26. XXIV. THE PARTY OF AUGUSTUS
  27. XXV. THE WORKING OF PATRONAGE
  28. XXVI. THE GOVERNMENT
  29. XXVII. THE CABINET
  30. XXVIII. THE SUCCESSION
  31. XXIX. THE NATIONAL PROGRAMME
  32. XXX. THE ORGANIZATION OF OPINION
  33. XXXI. THE OPPOSITION
  34. XXXII. THE DOOM OF THE NOBILES
  35. XXXIII. PAX ET PRINCEPS
  36. APPENDIX: THE CONSULS

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