Marius - Brossura

Santangelo, Federico

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1474214711 ISBN 13: 9781474214711

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015

Riassunto

Gaius Marius (158/157-86 BC) has a major transformational impact on the history of the late Roman Republic. Although none of his ancestors had been a member of the Senate, he managed to reach the consulship on seven occasions, and was responsible for a series of major military victories, notably against King Jugurtha in North Africa and the Teutons and the Cimbrians in Southern Gaul and Northern Italy. Much of his internal political agenda, however, was highly controversial. His reform of the army recruitment system was regarded by some (perhaps with undue emphasis) as a crucial factor in the downfall of the Roman Republic. The final years of his life witnessed his exile, his return to Rome at the head of an armed force, and his comeback to power, shortly followed by his sudden death.
This volume provides an account of the life and career of Gaius Marius, sets his achievements and failures within the wider context of the decline of the Roman Republic, and discusses his political legacy in the following decades. It also provides an assessment of the main modern interpretations of the man and his policies.

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Recensione

Gaius Marius was one of the most important generals in Roman history. Successful, and a reformer, his disdain for the Roman constitution hastened the collapse of the Roman Republic. This book helpfully places Marius in his wider context. --David J. Breeze, honorary professor at the Universities of Durham, Edinburgh and Newcastle, UK, and author of Hadrians Wall (4th edn, 2000), Roman Frontiers in Britain (Bloomsbury, 2013) and The Roman Army (Bloomsbury 2015)

L'autore

Federico Santangelo is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History, Newcastle University, UK. He has taught and published on various aspects of Roman history, mostly Republican, and is the author of Sulla, the Elites and Empire. A Study of Roman Policies in Italy and the Greek East (2007) and Divination, Prediction and the End of the Roman Republic (2013).

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• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1474214711
• ISBN 13: 9781474214711
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 136