Roman individuals: Sulla, Cicero, Caesar, Augustus and Livia

What this note covers

1. Power in the Late Republic: the system your individual worked in
2. Sulla: the first march on Rome and the attempted restoration
3. Cicero: the new man who defended the Republic
4. Gaius Julius Caesar: from popularis consul to dictator
5. Augustus: a monarchy presented as a restored Republic
6. Livia: soft power and a hostile tradition
7. Roman evidence: weighing ancient writers and material sources

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