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Rome and the Making of a World State, 150 BCE–20 CE Kindle Edition

by Josiah Osgood (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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In the century following 150 BCE, the Romans developed a coherent vision of empire and a more systematic provincial administration. The city of Rome itself became a cultural and intellectual center that eclipsed other Mediterranean cities, while ideas and practices of citizenship underwent radical change. In this book, Josiah Osgood offers a new survey of this most vivid period of Roman history, the Late Republic. While many discussions focus on politics in the city of Rome itself, his account examines developments throughout the Mediterranean and ties political events more firmly to the growth of overseas empire. The volume includes a broad overview of economic and cultural developments. By extending the story well beyond the conventional stopping date of Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BCE, Osgood ultimately moves away from the old paradigm of the fall of the Republic. The Romans of the Late Republic emerge less as the disreputable gangsters of popular imagination and more as inspired innovators.
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'This is well written, and an easy read even for those unfamiliar with Roman history and institutions in this period.' The NYMAS Review

'The whole of the book consists of less than 300 pages of highly journalistic prose that chronicles the life of the age in alternately animated details and general sketches. The novelist James Fenimore Cooper wrote that history is 'apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness …' which if not true in general, is certainly true of this book. Household names like Julius Caesar, Pompey, Cleopatra, and Catullus appear in Technicolor-brightness alongside amusing-yet-unloved figures like the mythologist Parthenius of Bithynia and Caesar’s early political rival Domitius Ahenobarbus. Largely, the book reads … like a series of summaries for an action-packed TV series about the period, replete with engrossingly lurid details.' Michael Shindler, Providence

'[Osgood]. has given an important new twist to the story of the fall of the Roman republic. His analysis will be widely welcomed.' Classics For All

“…[Osgood constructs] a comprehensive and insightful narrative in a writing style that is engaging and clear. In addition, he provides a level of detail and precision that can be appreciated by fellow Roman historians while also being accessible to a general audience. This book is a pleasure to read.” --Katheryn Whitcomb, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

About the Author

Josiah Osgood is Professor of Classics at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, where he teaches Roman history and Latin literature. He has published numerous books and articles, including Caesar's Legacy: Civil War and the Emergence of the Roman Empire (Cambridge, 2006) and Turia: a Roman Woman's Civil War (2014). Osgood's academic interests include civil war, the figure of the Roman emperor, and ancient biography, historiography, and satire. He lives in Washington, DC.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07952BKSG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press (April 12, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 12, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 18416 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Up to 4 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1107029899
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Josiah Osgood is a professor of Classics at Georgetown University in Washington DC. He began learning Latin as a high school student in Ithaca, New York and went on to major in Classics at Yale University. He is fascinated by the Greeks and Romans themselves and the way their government, architecture, theatrical entertainments, and so much more permeate modern culture. The author of many scholarly works on Roman history, he has also written a more general survey, Rome and the Making of a World State. For Princeton's series Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers he has produced translations of Suetonius and Sallust.

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Only a dictator's instant gratification would satisfy the disadvantaged lower classes as Rome grew ever larger leaving the Roman senate and the Republic ineffective. The senate became only symbolic and useless after Caesar and the dictators that followed for the rest of Roman history. The Republic was lost forever.
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A very full account of the fall of the Republic and the advent of Empire. Deals with the many changes wrought by Augustus
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