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Study Notes for Chapter 1 of "From Gracchi to Nero, A History of Rome 133 BC to AD 68" by: H.H. Scullard
Title: Study Notes for Chapter 1 of "From Gracchi to Nero, A History of Rome 133 BC to AD 68" by: H.H. Scullard
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Study Notes for Chapter 1 of "From Gracchi to Nero, A History of Rome 133 BC to AD 68" by: H.H. Scullard
Chapter 1: Rome at the Cross-Roads
September 14, 2004
I)<Tab/>Introductory ~
* The two chief themes of this book:
a)<Tab/>First the century in which the Republic failed to meet the challenge and in consequence crashed to its ruin amid civil war and military dictatorship.
b)<Tab/>Then the following century when the war-weary world was given peace and a stable government though at the …showed first 75 words of 1845 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1845 total…were kept in their town houses and employed as secretaries, teachers and doctors.
(i)<Tab/>these domestic slaves were often well treated and they had a good chance of saving up sufficient pocket-money (peculium) to buy their freedom before they were too old to enjoy it.
* The standard of provincial administration was threatened by the selfishness of individual governors and by the growing pressure of Roman business interests in their provinces.
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