Table of Contents

Preface; Part I. Rome, 200-140 B.C.: Introduction; 1. The political unity; 2. The social unity; 3. Religion, thought and literature; 4. Naevius, Ennius and Roman epic; Part II. The Consequences of Victory: 5. Foreign policy; 6. Provincial policy; 7. Rome and Italy; 8. The problem of imperial responsibility; Part III. The Political Disruption: 9. The Gracchan intervention; 10. The character of post-Gracchan history; 11. The political disruption - Sulla; 12. The political disruption - Pompeius and Caesar; Part IV. The Consequences of Disintegration: 13. The social consequences; 14. The religious consequences; 15. The Italian countryside; 16. Literature and thought; Conclusion; Notes; Chronological table; Select bibliography; Index.

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R. E. Smith attempts to explain and interpret the failure of the Roman Republic in the first century BC.