Editorial: Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza
Editorial: Universidad de Sevilla
Colección: Libera Res Publica ; 10
Número de páginas: 292 págs. 16.0 x 23.0 cm
Fecha de edición: 01-08-2023
EAN: 9788413407074
ISBN: 978-84-1340-707-4
EAN: 9788447225002
ISBN: 978-84-472-2500-2
Precio (sin IVA): 24,04 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 25,00 €
In 133 and 123/122 BCE, the Gracchan reforms opened three cans of worms, pitting the Roman landowning elites against their poorer compatriots, Roman economic interests against those of the Italian allies, and senators against equestrians. As these cumulative divisions threatened to coalesce into a perfect storm, the noble and wealthy tribune of the plebs M. Livius Drusus in 91 boldly proposed a comprehensive if costly New Deal. Offering a novel narrative analysis of the pivotal events of this well-known but often poorly understood period, this book seeks to demonstrate how the time from Livius Drusus’ tribunate of the plebs to Sulla’s unparalleled dictatorship was marked by momentous reform and experimentation and suggests that the former’s fateful failure arguably represents the moment the Romans lost their ancestral Republic.