Synopsis
Original 1938 edition. The Roman Revolution is an enormously influential scholarly study of the final years of the ancient Roman Republic and the creation of the Roman Empire by Caesar Augustus. Maurice Bowra said in 1939 of Syme's The Roman Revolution: ""His work is extraordinarily persuasive and interesting... the best book on Roman history that has appeared for many years"". DISCLAIMER: this version is based on a typeset scanned with editorial pen markings present which may be either distracting or insightful and helpful to some readers.
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Review
This is an absolute classic which is completely informed by Tacitus. It has very mordant take on the way that power works. (Fivebooks on The Browser)
About the Author
Sir Ronald Syme was Camden Professor of Ancient History at Oxford University.
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