Swords Against The Senate: The Rise Of The Roman Army And The Fall Of The Republic - Softcover

Hildinger, Erik

 
9780306812798: Swords Against The Senate: The Rise Of The Roman Army And The Fall Of The Republic
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ISBN 10: 0306812797 ISBN 13: 9780306812798
Verlag: Da Capo Press, 2003

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After Rome defeated its age-old enemy, Carthage, it was the undisputed ruler of a vast empire.Yet, at the heart of the Roman Republic was a peculiar flaw: an uneradicable tension between the aristocracy and the plebians, and each regarded themselves as the foundation of Rome's military power.Swords Against the Senate relates how the republic began to come apart amid military and political turmoil-the smoldering anger of the common people, a petty war against a treacherous North African prince, an invasion by Germans and an Italian political uprising. In the crisis Gaius Marius, the "people's general," rises to despotic power but is eventually replaced by the brutal dictator Sulla, who in turn spawns the man who would transform turmoil into imperial triumph, Julius Caesar. In this fast-paced, fact-filled work, personal intrigue, treachery, and occasional moral virtue vie for the reins of power. The Roman army, once invincible against foreign antagonists, becomes a tool for the powerful and government its foe. Erik Hildinger has written a fascinating, insightful work of history.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Erik Hildinger has written on ancient and medieval military history for a number of publications. He was a practicing lawyer for many years and now teaches at the University of Michigan. He lives in Ann Arbor.

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Verlag
Da Capo Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0306812797
ISBN 13 
9780306812798
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Anzahl der Seiten
258
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