In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. For centuries, even as Rome grew into the Mediterranean's premier military and political power, its governing institutions, parliamentary rules, and political customs successfully fostered negotiation and compromise. By the 130s BC, however, Rome's leaders increasingly used these same tools to cynically pursue individual gain and obstruct their opponents. As the center decayed and dysfunction grew, arguments between pol Mortal Republic - Edward J. Watts od authora Edward J. Watts a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Edward J. Watts |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
352 |
Rok vydání |
2020 |
Nakladatelství |
Basic Books |