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Explore how Rome reshaped its empire at a turning point in world history, through the late Republic’s struggles in the east and center.
The Greatness and Decline of Rome, Vol. 4 presents a careful, evidence‑based look at the clashes that defined Rome after Caesar’s era. It examines Antony’s ambitions, Cleopatra’s role, and Augustus’s rise, with a focus on how politics, money, and power shaped the new order in the Mediterranean.
Across chapters that cover key campaigns, reforms, and the shifting balance between Italy and the eastern provinces, this edition illuminates strategic choices, constitutional debates, and the human lives that moved these events forward. It blends narrative detail with analysis to explain why Rome’s fate pivoted in this period.
- Understand Antony’s strategy and the clash with Parthian and Persian ambitions.
- See how Cleopatra’s alliance affected Roman policy and finances.
- Learn how Augustus reshaped governance and prepared the eastern frontier.
- Get a clear sense of the political and military forces that ended the Republic era.
Ideal for readers of deep, historical analysis who want a coherent picture of Rome’s transformation in the late republic and early empire.
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Excerpt from The Greatness and Decline of Rome, Vol. 4 Meanwhile, apparently in July 37, Jerusalem had fallen into the power of Herod and Sossius; the conclusion of this struggle so far modified the situation as to make the trouble expended upon the convention of Tarentum partially unnecessary. The army which had been besieging Jerusalem was set free, and Antony, who had already transferred part of his naval expenditure to his colleague, was glad to save the pay and maintenance of the twenty-one thousand soldiers which he had proposed to borrow from Octavianus; he had now no further need of them to carry out Caesar's plan, which was an application on a large scale of the advice vainly offered to Crassus by the King of Armenia in the year 55. The conquest of Persia could only be completed by the destruction of the Parthian army, and, in particular, of their famous cavalry with its marvellous skill in drawing the enemy from his base of operations, turning his positions, making frontal attacks and harassing his flanks, while avoiding any decisive conflict. How were these tactics to be avoided? How could Antony oblige the Parthians to give battle at a short distance from his base of operations at a favourable place and moment? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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