The Roman Republic (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780006862505)

Between the Sack of Rome by the Gauls in 390 BC and the middle of the second century BC, a part-time army of Roman peasants, under the leadership of the ruling oligarchy, conquered first Italy and then the whole of the Mediterranean. The loyalty of these marrauding heroes, and of the Roman population as a whole, to their leaders was assured by a share in the rewards of victory, rewards which became steadily less accessible as the empire expanded - promoting a decline in loyalty of cataclysmic proportions.

Author: Michael Crawford
ISBN-10: 0006862500
ISBN-13: 9780006862505
Publisher: Fontana Press
Language: English
Published: 09/24/1992
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.80d