the republic of virtue
from...http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wnmb1
how did an insignificant cluster of latin hill villages on the edge of the civilised world become
the greatest empire the world has known? in the fifth programme of the series, archaeologist and
historian richard miles examines the phenomenon of the roman republic, from its fratricidal mythical
beginnings, with the legend of romulus and remus, to the all too real violence of its end, dragged
to destruction by war lords like pompey the great and julius caesar.
travelling to sicily and north africa, richard tells the story of rome's century-long struggle for
dominance with the other great regional power, carthage. it was a struggle that would end with the
total destruction of this formidable enemy and the transformation of landlubber rome into a
seapower, and the republic into an empire. but with no-one left to beat, the only enemy that rome
had left was itself.
from...http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wnmb1
how did an insignificant cluster of latin hill villages on the edge of the civilised world become
the greatest empire the world has known? in the fifth programme of the series, archaeologist and
historian richard miles examines the phenomenon of the roman republic, from its fratricidal mythical
beginnings, with the legend of romulus and remus, to the all too real violence of its end, dragged
to destruction by war lords like pompey the great and julius caesar.
travelling to sicily and north africa, richard tells the story of rome's century-long struggle for
dominance with the other great regional power, carthage. it was a struggle that would end with the
total destruction of this formidable enemy and the transformation of landlubber rome into a
seapower, and the republic into an empire. but with no-one left to beat, the only enemy that rome
had left was itself.
