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Rethinking the fall of Rome’s republic (MIT)
When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon — a river in northern Italy — in 49
B.C., leading what was effectively his own personal army, he triggered a set
of changes that resonated through the ancient world for centuries afterward.
Caesar soon occupied Rome, defeated Pompey the Great and his other rivals, and
set in motion the transformation from a republic to an imperial monarchy. The
constitutional principles that had guided Rome’s rise, over centuries, from a
small village to an all-conquering metropolis were suddenly swept away.
Ever since, historians have debated why the republic failed — and how Caesar
was able to raise an army that backed him rather than the senate and
magistrates of Rome. “These were effectively mercenary armies, loyal to the
individual general rather than the city-state,” says William Broadhead, an
associate professor of history at MIT. “How did this situation arise?”
Using a variety of sources, from ancient texts to new archaeological evidence,
Broadhead has crafted a novel hypothesis about how Caesar — as well as Sulla a
few decades before, and Augustus several years later — could march on Rome
with his own legions.
“My interpretation is a demographic one,” Broadhead ...
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The Eagle $5.64 Epic filmmaking has fallen out of favor, but The Eagle fights hard to bring it back. Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum) chose to lead a Roman garrison in occupied Britain because that's where his father lost a military standard--a metal eagle, representing the glory of imperial Rome--on an expedition into the northern wilds. To reclaim his family honor, Aquila sets off into native territory to recover... |
