Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny

322 Pages·2018·17.73 MB·English

by  Edward J. Watts

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Watts, Edward Jay,
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Watts, Edward Jay,
1975-author.
Title: Mortal republic : how Rome fell into tyranny / Edward J. Watts.
Description: First edition. | New York : Basic Books, 2018. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018018024 (print) | LCCN 2018036256 (ebook) | ISBN
9780465093823 (ebook) | ISBN 9780465093816 | ISBN (hardcover) Subjects:
LCSH: Rome—Politics and government—265-30 B.C. | Rome—History—
Republic, 265-30 B.C.
Classification: LCC DG254.2 (ebook) | LCC DG254.2 .W38 2018 (print) | DDC
937/.05—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018018024
ISBNs: 978-0-46509381-6 (hardcover), 978-0-46509382-3 (ebook) E3-
20180921-JV-NF
CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Maps
Preface
CHAPTER 1 Autocratic Freedom
CHAPTER 2 The New World Order
CHAPTER 3 Empire and Inequality
CHAPTER 4 The Politics of Frustration
CHAPTER 5 The Rise of the Outsider
CHAPTER 6 The Republic Breaks
CHAPTER 7 Rebuilding amid the Wreckage
CHAPTER 8 The Republic of the Mediocre
CHAPTER 9 Stumbling Toward Dictatorship
CHAPTER 10 The Birth and Death of Caesar’s Republic
CHAPTER 11 The Republic of Octavian
CHAPTER 12 Choosing Augustan Liberty
About the Author
Also by Edward J. Watts
Notes
Index
To Nate and Zoe