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Julius Caesar and the Fall of the Roman Republic

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States21H.331
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2016English
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This course explores the political, social, and economic factors commonly offered to explain the fall of the Roman Republic: growth of the territorial empire, increased intensity of aristocratic competition, transformation of the Italian economy, growth of the city of Rome and dependence of the urban plebs, changes in military recruitment and dependence of soldiers on their generals.

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