The Last Generation of the Roman Republic

by Gruen, Erich S.

• ISBN13: 9780520201538
• ISBN10: 0520201531
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-03-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

Available for the first time in paperback, with a new introduction that reviews related scholarship of the past twenty years, Erich Gruen's classic study of the late Republic examines institutions as well as personalities, social tensions as well as politics, the plebs and the army as well as the aristocracy.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Paperback Edition
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction	p. 1
The Aftermath of Sulla	p. 6
Political Alliances and Alignments	p. 47
The "First Triumvirate" and the Reaction	p. 83
The Consuls and Consular Elections	p. 121
The Senate	p. 162
Legislative Activity: Criminal and Administrative Law	p. 211
Criminal Trials (I): The Implications	p. 260
Criminal Trials (II): The Continuities	p. 311
The Plebs and the Army	p. 358
Discontents and Violence	p. 405
The Coming of Civil War	p. 449
Conclusion	p. 498
Appendix I: Composition of the Senate	p. 508
Appendix II: Additional Criminal Trials	p. 524
Appendix III: Imperia Extra Ordinem	p. 534
Bibliography	p. 544
Index Nominum	p. 561
Index Rerum	p. 587
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