VDH UltraDoes the Early Roman Principate (27 BC–AD 96) Sound Familiar? Part One
Victor Davis Hanson The formal end of the Roman Republic in 27 BC came when the Roman Senate acclaimed the 37-year-old final survivor and winner Octavian as “Augustus.” He alone had won out after 22 years of deadly civil war (from the 49 BC crossing of the Rubicon by Julius Caesar to the final defeat […]
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