The republic was doomed when soldiers became dependent on their Generals for land and basic needs. At that point they were in fact mercenaries, not soldiers. ...
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Gerry Carter
gec12gec16
Aug 1, 2009 10:40 am
________________________________ From: postumusagrippa <no_reply@...> To: imperialrome2@... Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 10:53:18 AM...
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Scot Mcphee
scotartt
Aug 1, 2009 10:41 am
... When tarquinius superbus was overthrown....
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DKM
dkmfwtx
Aug 1, 2009 1:35 pm
When Caesar was not allowed to stand for his second consulship in absentia. ________________________________ From: postumusagrippa <no_reply@...>...
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michael mccarthy
sokar90805
Aug 1, 2009 2:44 pm
<<The republic was doomed when soldiers became dependent on their Generals for land and basic needs. At that point they were in fact mercenaries, not...
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amicus@...
alexiuscomnenus
Aug 1, 2009 6:11 pm
<<When tarquinius superbus was overthrown.>> When Romulus killed Remus...
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Kim Noyes
kimusinteruptus
Aug 1, 2009 6:19 pm
You are all wrong...it was when this happened: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPGb4STRfKw ... -- Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/californiadisasters/ ...
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robert-blau@...
rb2717
Aug 1, 2009 6:39 pm
The issue of land is indeed critical, and also pertains to the independent citizen farmers and others being forced off theirs and flocking to the city to be...
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Cami McCraw
wxgal2001
Aug 2, 2009 1:36 am
Dear imperialrome2 group, Thank you to all who responded to the David Rohl DVD post last month. There are less than 5 left. (Also, if you have ordered one of...
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Scot Mcphee
scotartt
Aug 2, 2009 11:57 am
... When Mars raped Rhea Silvia? No ... wait ... When Aeneas brought his father Anchises over to the Italian Penisular. That would make the *true* cause the...
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segestamilius
Aug 2, 2009 11:58 am
... The conquest of Macedonia.... was the beginning of the end for the Roman Republic. Macedon was an old Kingdom that was a buffer between the Romans and the...
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rabagas
Aug 2, 2009 1:56 pm
I would vote for the death of Caesar's daughter Julia who was also Pompey's wife. Her tact had kept these two powerful egoists from clashing. Her death ended...
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amicus@...
alexiuscomnenus
Aug 2, 2009 5:42 pm
<<Perhaps it died at Actium, but I don't really see Marc Antony as a great republican any more than Octavian was.>> If Antony had won at Actium would he have...
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robert-blau@...
rb2717
Aug 2, 2009 8:53 pm
Ancient warrior's skeleton found near Rome The Kansas City Star, Jul. 31, 2009 Archaeologists have found the skeleton of a warrior from up to 5,000 years ago...
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vaughan jackson
vaughanjackson
Aug 3, 2009 2:14 am
Yes, I agree with Scot McPhee. Â Ronald Syme, in his classic work " The Roman Revolution", hit the nail on the head. Â Too many powerful men like Caesar and...
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robert-blau@...
rb2717
Aug 3, 2009 2:45 am
Archaeologists excavate site of Roman hospital in south Moravia Radio Prague [Czech Republic], 28-07-2009 Archaeologists have been aware for some years of the...
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Scot Mcphee
scotartt
Aug 3, 2009 5:50 am
... I would hazard, probably not. At least it did not seem that was his intention. The standard Roman fear of Antony was that he was setting himself up as like...
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amicus@...
alexiuscomnenus
Aug 3, 2009 6:18 am
<<(don't think Tacitus included the story of 'Domitian among the priests of Isis' business for nothing)>> I read that after the demise of the Flavians that...
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amicus@...
alexiuscomnenus
Aug 3, 2009 6:21 am
A few years ago there was a book "America, a Republic or an Empire?". Rome had a dilema like that. They chose Empire. Maybe Scipio Africanus was the last...
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michelle morlock
rabagas
Aug 3, 2009 9:22 am
Very thoughtful and insightful, Scott. Yes, historians see what they want to see, and twist what they see to fit their preconceptions. But it's extremely hard...
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Tom Bert
kingagis12
Aug 3, 2009 12:21 pm
Hey guys I think that the republic was doomed after the victory in the Punic wars. Rome eliminated it's most powerful rival which then their wasn't anyone to...
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Scot Mcphee
scotartt
Aug 3, 2009 5:48 pm
... the point of this story is not about the worship of Isis but that Domitian was a devotee of a dubious "eastern" cult - the way it was viewed at the time -...
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rb2717
Aug 3, 2009 8:11 pm
Empires don't make very good republics. A big war estabishment on the one hand and bread and circuses for the urban masses on the other don't lend themselves...
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robert-blau@...
rb2717
Aug 3, 2009 8:20 pm
Just started reading it (Saw it on the "New Books" shelf at the library the other day and immediately grabbed it). Seems very readable and insightful, with an...
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robert-blau@...
rb2717
Aug 3, 2009 8:39 pm
Far out . . . Italian archaeologists find lost Roman city of Altinum near Venice The Times [UK], July 31, 2009 The bustling harbour of Altinum near Venice was...
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amicus@...
alexiuscomnenus
Aug 3, 2009 8:59 pm
I have that book; it's okay....
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acuteheptagram
Aug 4, 2009 5:42 am
The loss of small property owners/farmer and the failure of agrarian land reform to correct such problems, i.e. Semproninan Law or Lex Sempronia agraria as...
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postumusagrippa
Aug 6, 2009 6:04 am
Hello Group. Based on something that was said by one of the posters, I've come up with another proposition - rank the Roman campaigns against the...
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robert-blau@...
rb2717
Aug 6, 2009 4:05 pm
Do we win a prize? Like maybe a Thracian slave girl? Posted by: "postumusagrippa" no_reply@... postumusagrippa Thu Aug 6, 2009 7:04 am ...
