L’ Agonie d’une Republique
La violence a Rome au temps de Cesar
by Jean-Noel Robert
Paperback (Published)
(March 2019)
ISBN: 9782251449241
Price: $31.00
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Un siecle. Telle fut la duree de l’agonie de la Republique romaine qui succomba sous les coups d’ambitieux dictateurs et chefs militaires, avides d’exercer un pouvoir personnel.
“The Republic is dead”, Cicero wrote to his friend Atticus nearly fifteen years before Caesar fell, mortally wounded by conspirators’ daggers. One century. That is how long the Roman Republic continued in agony before succumbing to the onslaught of ambitious dictators and military leaders eager to wield their personal power. From 133 BC, when Tiberius Gracchus was assassinated after having betrayed the Republican institutions, until Mark Antony’s death in Alexandria, where he was defeated by Octavian in the summer of 30 BC, a century of civil wars, violence and bloody conflicts ravaged Rome and Italy. The most illustrious generals – Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Caesar, Antony, Octavius, etc. – managed to bring down a political regime that had taken several centuries to build under the aegis of the famous “Roman virtue,” while affirming the Romans’ most precious asset: freedom. As always in such cases, the Roman people turned out to be its primary victim. Why was freedom assassinated? How did an ineluctable course of events cause men formerly proud of their Republic to renounce their fundamental values? These are the questions raised by the author, who, to help readers more fully relive these critical times, weaves into his text evocative relationships that give them a more personal glimpse into this tragic era. Observing this historic moment in which a wave of violence erupted that nearly swept everything away with it certainly provides some food for thought for those who are also wondering about the ways in which our era is evolving.
Avant-proposIntroductionChapitre 1 - La violence au quotidienLa violence de rueUne insecurite permanenteParoxysme de la violence : la perte de l'identiteViolence de la servitudeLa violence infligee au corpsLa violence verbaleChapitre 2 - Le commencement de la finRelationLes morts violentes de Tiberius et Caius GracchusChapitre 3 - Le traumatisme des guerres civilesLe developpement de la violence politique a partir des GracquesLes rivalites politiques et l'evolution des clansLa guerre sociale (guerre des allies) Le choc des ambitions : Marius contre SyllaL'affrontement meurtrier : Pompee contre CesarL'ultime combat : Octave contre AntoineLa Republique peut-elle echapper a la malediction ? RelationLes violences des proscriptionsChapitre 4 - La force du peupleQuand le peuple s'affirmeLe poids des collegesCatilina ou comment un chef populaire devient un terroristeLes mefaits d'un agitateur : ClodiusLes turbulences politico-religieuses et leurs consequencesRelationQuand Catilina faisait planer sur Rome l'ombre du terrorismeRelationClodius : vices et sevices d'une tete bruleeRelationIdes de mars, jour fatalRelationMarcus Junius Brutus ou l'histoire d'un reve briseConclusion - Le sacrifice de la liberteReperes chronologiquesPlan du Forum au dernier siecle de la RepubliqueCarte de l'Italie au IIe siecle avant notre ereIndications bibliographiquesIndex des noms de personnes
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