EPISODE · Aug 19, 2013 · 48 MIN
Building the Empire: Julius Caesar
from The Roman World · host Dr Rhiannon Evans
The last hundred years of the Republic saw tensions between competing military and political leaders at Rome, out of which grew urban violence, politically-motivated murders and brutal civil war. Today we trace the historical background of the years 133-44 BCE, beginning with the Gracchi brothers' revolutionary attempts to deal with the urban poor, and concluding with the dictatorship and assassination of Gaius Julius Caesar. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
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The last hundred years of the Republic saw tensions between competing military and political leaders at Rome, out of which grew urban violence, politically-motivated murders and brutal civil war. Today we trace the historical background of the years 133-44 BCE, beginning with the Gracchi brothers' revolutionary attempts to deal with the urban poor, and concluding with the dictatorship and assassination of Gaius Julius Caesar. Copyright 2013 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
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