The rise and fall of the Roman Republic.(Book Review)

From: Contemporary Review | Date: June 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Rubicon: The Triumph and the Tragedy of the Roman Republic. Tom Holland. Little, Brown. [pounds sterling]20.00. 405 pages. ISBN 0-316-86130-8.

Why Rome, anyway? In the eighth century BC there must have been lots of large villages in the Central Mediterranean populated by refugees and runaways. Rome's position was useful, at a river crossing ringed by defensible hills, near the coast but far enough way to be safe from pirates, but not outstandingly so. Why did this one place rise so far above all competitors? The main dates are well known: 753BC is a credible date for the ...

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