main ones can be linked to the Actions and legacy of Sulla‚ Caesars military campaigns and Caesars dictatorship. The decline of the Republic began in the middle of the second century B.C. with political‚ economic‚ and social events. These events in addition to the burdens of civil war on Rome‚ lead to the inevitable failure of the Republic. The first contribution to the fall of the roman republic is linked to the actions and legacy of Sulla. Sulla had a high political position because he raised an
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resistance of wealthy citizens to take part in military service. In 107 BC Marius instituted reforms lowering the requirements of military service to include members of the lower classes.
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The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire Numerous myths exist about the creation of Rome‚ from Romulus and Remus to Prince Aeneas and his Trojan warriors. Regardless of the reason‚ it was believed to be founded around 753 BC along the Tiber River‚ a crossroads for traffic and trade. The Etruscans gained political control of the small settlements that had popped up in the area and created the Roman Kingdom. It wasn’t until the Latin and Sabine tribes rose up against the Etruscans did a government
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An explanation for the beginning of the collapse of the Roman Republic The Roman Republic‚ the precursor to the colossal Roman Empire; one that would last (in one form or another) for 1500 years‚ is the first example in European history of the complete collapse of a constitutional system. The Crises of the Roman Republic is contemporarily used to describe an extended period of time where Rome faced political instability and unrest that ended in the demise of all functions of the Republic‚ and
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Civil War and the Destruction of the Republic By the time Gaius Marius became a consul in 107 B.C.E.‚ opposition to reform was widespread within the Senate. Nevertheless‚ Marius reorganized the military by allowing landless citizens to join the army in return for land as a retirement pension. He then created a professional army with standardized training and equipment that was more effective for waging the growing number of extended military campaigns the Republic was involved in. Because their
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By the early 1st Century the Roman Republic was facing social and political instability. The Roman Empire had been growing rapidly for some time‚ putting a strain on social order. Amongst the problems created were army reforms‚ difficulties with the constitution‚ class division and the land crisis. Class division and difficulties with the constitution were very closely related and a lot of problems with the constitution were caused by the class division between the plebeians and the patricians.
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Marius Marius was a very influential and strong general during the time of the romans. Although he had good military tactics‚ his time as a statesman was different he was ill equipped to be a statesman. He wasn’t smart and did not have good impacts on the roman people. He was covered up in (as plutarch states) “ smoke screen of moralizing”. Gaius Marius was born of a poor family and when the Romans invaded their village the drafted him as a soldier he was showing a great deal of valor and bravery
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The late Roman Republic‚ from Gracchi through Augustus Rome: almost complete control of Mediterranean Senate: * 300 members * Nobiles: control power in Senate * Novus homo: new member of Senate Senator Ideologies: 1. Optimates: senators in favor of status quo (conservative-keep senate in power) 2. Populares: senators who wanted support of peoplepower is in Council of Plebs/Tribunes Reasons for the Land Problem * The backbone of the Roman state and army was the small
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Political divisions in Rome became identified with two groupings‚ populares (who hoped for the support of the people) and optimates (the "best"‚ who wanted to maintain exclusive aristocratic control. Sulla overthrew all populist leaders and his constitutional reforms removed powers (such as those of the tribune of the plebs) that had supported populist approaches. Meanwhile social and economic stresses continued to build; Rome had become a metropolis
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fast-paced success. However‚ the Republic also decayed and collapsed as quickly as it had grown. The main factors that attributed to its decline were the political reforms proposed by the Gracchi‚ its rapid expansion and conquests‚ and the consuls Marius and Sulla. These three factors all played significant roles in the decay of the Roman Republic and its transition into the Roman Empire. Tiberius and Gaius
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