02-28-2010, 02:37 AM
Appian too, writing around the middle of the second century CE, states that the Roman state became a monarchy after the civil war between Augustus and Antony (Civil Wars, I.1-6).
From what I remember reading Cicero, he had a sense that something had started to go wrong around the time of the Gracchi, but he doesn't seem to have realized that the war between Caesar and Pompey would be especially serious. This brackets the target in time, but I can't think of any source from Augustus' day to fire at the problem.
From what I remember reading Cicero, he had a sense that something had started to go wrong around the time of the Gracchi, but he doesn't seem to have realized that the war between Caesar and Pompey would be especially serious. This brackets the target in time, but I can't think of any source from Augustus' day to fire at the problem.
Nullis in verba
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I have not checked this forum frequently since 2013, but I hope that these old posts have some value. I now have a blog on books, swords, and the curious things humans do with them.
