A History of the Roman Republic

Part I: The Rise of the Republic and the Conquest of Italy; Rome Under the Kings; The early republic and its neighbours; Patricians vs. Publians; The conquest of Italy; Roman politics and society. Part II The Advance to Mediterranean Dominance: Sicily and Sardinia - First Steps in overseas conquest; Between the wars - Rome and Carthage; The Second Punic War; Sucess on all fronts - Roman warfare; Mid-century struggles; Political life in the Middle Republic; Culture and Society in the Middle Republic; Soldiers and peasants, citizens and allies. Part III Crisis and Collapse: Tiberius Gracchus; Gaius Gracchus; The rise of Marius; The Social War; The Civil War and Sulla's Settlement; The rise of Pompey; The rise of Caesar; The last years of the Republic; Caesar's victory; The Roman empire in the last century of the republic; Politics, society and culture in late republican Rome; The fall of the Roman Republic.