The Cambridge Ancient History Volume 9: The Last Age of the Roman Republic, 146-43 BC 2nd Edition by J. A. Crook (PDF)

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Volume IX of the second edition of The Cambridge Ancient History has for its main theme the process commonly known as the “Fall of the Roman Republic.” Chapters 1-12 supply a narrative of the period from 133 B.C. to the death of Cicero in 43 B.C., with a prelude analyzing the situation and problems of the Republic from the turning-point year 146 B.C. Chapters 13-19 offer analysis of aspects of Roman society, institutions and ideas during the period.

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Editorial Reviews: Review “The new CAH IX is a welcome achievement, a readable and reliable political narrative with significant thematic contributions that mark major progress in sophistication and incisiveness of thought.” The Classical Journal Book Description Volume IX of the second edition of The Cambridge Ancient History has for its main theme the process commonly known as the ‘Fall of the Roman Republic’. From the Back Cover In this book the chapters treat public and private law, the beginnings of imperial administration, the economy of Rome and Italy and the growth of the city of Rome, and finally intellectual life and religion. The portrait is of a society not in decay or decline, but, on the contrary, growing up so fast in international predominance and material prosperity, in cosmopolitanism of population and Hellenization of ideas, as finally to tumble over its own feet. It was destined only to be rescued at the price of political transformation. Read more

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⭐Great job describing and detailing this tumultuous period.

⭐Cambridge has a wonderful reputation. It has the advantage of putting into one book some of the greatest scholars. In this volume E. Rawson, A. Lintott and Crook have themselves along with other scholars written about the last period of the Roman Republic. I feel that a scholar, Eric S. Gruen, has not been given his due in this volume. Gruen in his ground breaking book the Last Generation of the Roman Repubic asserts that the Republic, contrary to common thought, was not showing signs of decay, neglect or sloth. Quite the contrary. He shows a Republic meeting problems with skill and determination. I do not mean to imply that Gruen feels that all was well. He simply annihilates the view that corruption ruled, ignorance prevailed and rot was running riot. He is a very thorough scholar. One may disagree with him. However after his book I do not see how his thesis can be simply ignored. Ignore is what CAH (Last Age…) does. I do not feel that the scholarship in this volume reflects full and fair grappling with the views set forth by Gruen. However, I have found the last chapters on Law, plebs urbana, intellectual growth and religion very helpful and interesting. This book is very much worth reading, if one keeps in mind that certain ideas, for whatever reasons, have not been given their due.

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