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Rethinking nov Rome’s republic (Durch)

When Julius Caesar entered the Rubicon — a river in northern Italia — in 49

B.C., leading that which was effectively their own personal military, he triggered a collection

of changes that resonated with the ancient world for hundreds of years after.

Caesar soon occupied Rome, defeated Pompey the truly amazing and the other rivals, and

put in place the transformation from the republic for an imperial monarchy. The

constitutional concepts which had led Rome’s rise, over centuries, from the

small village for an all-overcoming metropolis were all of a sudden taken away.

Since, historians have debated why the republic unsuccessful — and just how Caesar

could raise an military that backed him as opposed to the senate and

magistrates of Rome. “These were effectively mercenary armies, faithful to the

individual general as opposed to the city-condition,” states William Broadhead, an

connect professor of history at Durch. “How did this case arise?”

Using a number of sources, from ancient texts to new historical evidence,

Broadhead has created a novel hypothesis about how exactly Caesar — in addition to Sulla a

couple of decades before, and Augustus many years later — could march on Rome

together with his own scores.

“My interpretation is really a demographic one,” Broadhead ...

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