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NSWAncient HistorySection IV (Historical Periods): The fall of the Roman Republic 78-42 BC
Quick questions on The fall of the Roman Republic, Pompey, Crassus and the rise of the dynasts: HSC Ancient History
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What is the dynasts inherit Sulla's Republic (the 70s BC)?Show answer
Sulla died in 78 BC having tried to restore the Senate's supremacy by weakening the tribunes and fixing the machinery of office-holding. Within a decade his settlement was unravelling, and the men who unravelled it were his own former lieutenants.
What is rome while Pompey was away?Show answer
The consular decade at Rome was dominated by debt, ambition and the fear of what Pompey would do on his return. The crisis came in 63 BC, the consulship of Marcus Tullius Cicero.
What is the Senate's blunder?Show answer
The decisive turn came not from the dynasts' ambition but from the Senate's response to it. When Pompey landed at Brundisium in 62 BC he did the constitutional thing: he disbanded his army rather than march on Rome. He then asked the Senate for two reasonable things, to ratify his eastern settlement (his acta) as a single package, and to grant land to his loyal veterans.
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