XIII The World Turned Upside Down (#litres_trial_promo) XII The End of Consensus (#litres_trial_promo) X Reform and Revolution (#litres_trial_promo)
IX The Consequences of Empire–The Governed (#litres_trial_promo) VIII The Imperial Power (#litres_trial_promo) VII The Consequences of Empire – The Governing Classes (#litres_trial_promo) V From Italian Power to Mediterranean Power (#uedfb32e4-d86d-5f0e-965b-b55492a77ce5) HarperCollinsPublishers has made every reasonable effort to ensure that any picture content and written content in this ebook has been included or removed in accordance with the contractual and technological constraints in operation at the time of publication.Įbook Edition © APRIL 2015 ISBN 9780007385263Ĭover (#u05f8d855-bea7-5d90-8b15-df5ba87118d8) No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen.
Michael Crawford asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this workĪll rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. HarperPress An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London W6 8JB Wars, rural impoverishments, civil discord and slavery are a few of the subjects covered in this study.Ĭopyright (#ulink_9fb46ce6-f2ad-5b97-a90a-ff94ae30a861) 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 marauding 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.
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