Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell Into Tyranny

by Edward J. Watts

Book Overview

Learn why the Roman Republic collapsed -- and how it could have continued to thrive -- with this insightful history from an award-winning author.

In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. For centuries, even as Rome grew into the Mediterranean's premier military and political power, its governing institutions,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541646487
• ISBN13: 9781541646483
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"