Violence in the Forum: Factional Struggles in Ancient Rome (133-78 Bc)

by Natale Barca

Weaves together the military, political, and social aspects of this tumultuous period of Roman history.

"The entry of daggers into the Forum" is an expression that identifies two precise historical moments: when two tribunes of the plebs--brothers Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and Caius Sempronius Gracchus--were murdered in Rome in 133 and 122 BC amidst bloody riots. These deaths and subsequent events marked the rupture of the constitutional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1636244475
• ISBN13: 9781636244471
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Casemate
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"