From Cicero and the Roman Republic (1948) by F. R. Cowell

1) How and why did Rome expand?

3) What were the consequences of Roman expansion?

2) What factors made the Roman army so successful?

Roman Imperialism

From Cicero and the Roman Republic (1948) by F. R. Cowell

1) How was the Roman army organized?

2) Why are Roman political and military organization inseparable?

Roman Military Might

From Cicero and the Roman Republic (1948) by F. R. Cowell

1) What was the struggle of the orders?

2) What role did this struggle play in forming the republic?

Roman Republic

3) What were the main functions of the different parts of the republic?

4) Why is the Roman republic different from Athenian democracy?

From Cicero and the Roman Republic (1948) by F. R. Cowell

1) What instabilities arose during the late republic?

2) What roles did Marius & Sulla play?

End of the Roman Republic

3) What roles did Pompey & Julius Caesar play?

4) What is the connection between Caesar’s actions & the beginnings of the empire under Augustus?