Roman Republics

From the Renaissance to today, the idea that the Roman Republic lasted more than 450 years—persisting unbroken from the late sixth century to the mid-first century BC—has profoundly shaped how Roman history is understood, how the ultimate failure of Roman republicanism is explained, and how republicanism itself is defined. In Roman Republics, Harriet Flower argues for a completely new interpretation of republican chronology. Radically challenging the traditional picture of a single monolith...