07-23-2008, 04:05 PM
Quote:Likewise, I think the "natural tension of the system" that you mentioned Jona had become so out of balance that even if Caesar had not lived to cross the Rubicon the system would have crashed anyway. The "fall of the Republic" was, by this point, inevitable.I think you are right, but there is one thought that keeps somewhere in the back of my mind: this is exactly what Caesar and Augustus want us to believe. It is their propaganda that it was monarchy or chaos. They may have been right, but still... :?
