The Roman Republic: A Very Short Introduction
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2013 · Education
Author David M. Gwynn discusses the Roman Republic and its collapse. In the first century BC a series of civil wars threatened the republic as its own greatness undermined the structures on which it had been founded. He also discusses the enduring influence the Roman Republic has had on western civilization. http://oxford.ly/13rXnoW
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