On the Republic juxtaposes the fall of the Roman Republic with the contemporary political landscape of the United States: a republic in disarray, violence and corruption thwarting the will of the people, military misadventures abroad, and rampant economic inequality diminishing a shared sense of the common good.
On the Republic juxtaposes the fall of the Roman Republic with the contemporary political landscape of the United States: a republic in disarray, violence and corruption thwarting the will of the people, military misadventures abroad, and rampant economic inequality diminishing a shared sense of the common good.
Thomas E. Strunk is Associate Professor of Classics at Xavier University. He is the author of History after Liberty: Tacitus on Tyrants, Sycophants, and Republicans.
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Acknowledgments Key Dates from Roman History To the Reader Introduction: Why Rome? 1 Anacyclosis: No Regime Is Exceptional and Democracy Is Not Inevitable 2 Mighty Republics Can Fall Because of Slow Corruption Rather Than Dramatic Revolutions 3 A Revered Tradition of Liberty Can Be Exploited by Authoritarians 4 Economic Inequality Drives Civil Strife 5 Political Violence Can Become Normalized 6 Strongmen Do Not Save Republics 7 The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship Need to Be Shared and Extended 8 Civic Virtue Is as Important as the Constitution and Laws 9 A Reckoning with the Oppressed Cannot Be Denied 10 Elections Only Work When Everyone Is Willing to Lose 11 Disregard for The Civil Liberties of Some Erodes the Legal Rights of All Citizens 12 Military Misadventures Abroad Lead to Instability at Home 13 Organized, Armed Gangs Tear Apart a Political System 14 Institutions May Not Be Able to Save the Republic 15 A Tyrant Backed into a Corner Is a Danger to the Republic 16 The Real Problem Is Not Simply a Tyrannical Leader 17 Free Speech Can Disappear 18 The Crisis Can Be Manufactured to Continue 19 The Revolution Can Be Advertised as a Restoration 20 Freedom Lost Cannot So Easily Be Regained Conclusion Notes Bibliographic Note Index.
Acknowledgments Key Dates from Roman History To the Reader Introduction: Why Rome? 1 Anacyclosis: No Regime Is Exceptional and Democracy Is Not Inevitable 2 Mighty Republics Can Fall Because of Slow Corruption Rather Than Dramatic Revolutions 3 A Revered Tradition of Liberty Can Be Exploited by Authoritarians 4 Economic Inequality Drives Civil Strife 5 Political Violence Can Become Normalized 6 Strongmen Do Not Save Republics 7 The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship Need to Be Shared and Extended 8 Civic Virtue Is as Important as the Constitution and Laws 9 A Reckoning with the Oppressed Cannot Be Denied 10 Elections Only Work When Everyone Is Willing to Lose 11 Disregard for The Civil Liberties of Some Erodes the Legal Rights of All Citizens 12 Military Misadventures Abroad Lead to Instability at Home 13 Organized, Armed Gangs Tear Apart a Political System 14 Institutions May Not Be Able to Save the Republic 15 A Tyrant Backed into a Corner Is a Danger to the Republic 16 The Real Problem Is Not Simply a Tyrannical Leader 17 Free Speech Can Disappear 18 The Crisis Can Be Manufactured to Continue 19 The Revolution Can Be Advertised as a Restoration 20 Freedom Lost Cannot So Easily Be Regained Conclusion Notes Bibliographic Note Index.
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