How Republics Die
Creeping Authoritarianism in Ancient Rome and Beyond
Contributor(s)
Juliaan Vervaet, Frederik (editor)
Rafferty, David (editor)
Dart, Christopher J. (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
Authoritarianism is everywhere on the advance democracies seem fragile and threatened. This book responds to current political science scholarship on democratic breakdown by bringing the history back in. It primarily focuses on the Roman Republic: the only enduring electoral Republic to die from internal causes, with chapters that address other examples, showing how such political systems have historically fallen prey to autocrats.
Keywords
Authoritarianism; Classical antiquity; civil war; Roman EmpireISBN
9783111705446, 9783111650272, 9783111705828Publisher
De GruyterPublisher website
http://www.degruyter.com/Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2025Imprint
De GruyterSeries
Studies in Ancient Civil War,Classification
Ancient Rome
2nd century, c 199 to c 100 BCE
Ancient warfare
Civil wars
Pages
540
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open access