REPUBLIC IN DISCORD: BOOK 3

by Lou Shook

Overview

Rome's growth continued, following the defeat of Carthage (146 BC), ending the Numantine War (133 BC). However, the Roman republic was bloated with the effects of extensive expansion abroad, challenging the fundamental values of Roman culture. Tiberius Gracchus was passing laws of reform to help rectify this domestic crisis – and was assassinated by the patrician favoring majority of the Senate, led by his cousins Scipio Nasica and Scipio Aemilianus (husband of Tiberius' sister, Sempronia Graccha). This was followed by Lucius Opimius (Roman consul in 121 BC) in the slaying of Gaius Gracchus (brother of Tiberius) and ordering the execution of 3,000 supporters of Gaius Gracchus without trial – in opposition to Gaius support of social reforms, far wider reaching than those of his brother Tiberius. The next major impact, was the reforms to the Roman Legions instituted by Gaius Marius, leading to the eventual collapse of the Republic. The legions became more loyal to their generals rather than the state. The loyalty of such legions is what allowed Marius himself, Sulla, and eventually Julius Caesar to march on Rome. It led ultimately to the destruction of the Republican form of government and to the principate system of the Empire.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158777172
Publisher:	BookLocker.com, Inc.
Publication date:	11/11/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	508
File size:	617 KB

About the Author

Lou Shook graduated as a mechanical engineer from Stevens Institute of Technology and worked at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. for a number of years. After bouncing around a bit, he created his own company designing and building homes, though the desire to write was always there. Lou’s marvelous wife Sally keeps him in order. They live in Virginia.
Struggle of Titans tells the story of the clashes among rivals beginning around 500 BC, leading eventually to the rise of Western Civilization. Beginning with Carthage, the Etruscans, and the Greeks as the major powers in the western end of the Mediterranean Sea area, as time progresses, Rome begins its rise, Sicily undergoes the domination of numerous tyrants, Alexander the Great builds a massive empire before dying, and Pyrrhus of Epirus defeats Rome at Asculum.
In Struggles of Titans, discover Hasdrubal I, early King of Carthage, one of the greatest leaders of Carthage, who was elected king enumerable times and granted a number of triumphs. Learn the death of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, last King of Rome, and the birth of the Roman Republic. Read on to meet some of the tyrants of Sicily—Dionysius I of Syracuse, cruel, suspicious and vindictive; Dion of Syracuse, amongst the most famed Mediterranean leaders; Timoleon, first and best-beloved citizen of the state. And end with Carthaginian General Hamilcar Barca, one of the greatest generals of his time and father of Hannibal.